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shoelesshunter

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From: USA

Registered: 2014-05-18

Posts: 289

firefox spell check

I have hunspell and hunspell-en installed on the system and 'check spelling as I type' is enabled in firefox however it fails to check the spelling. spell checking works fine in other software such as libreoffice and chromium.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: firefox spell check

Did you reboot the browser?
If you type 'aaaaaaaa' in this 'Post a reply' form, is it underlined in red?

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

Registered: 2014-02-20

Posts: 9,003

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Re: firefox spell check

Firefox uses it's own dictionary -- go to Preferences → Advanced → General and tick the box marked "Check my spelling as I type"

You can install various dictionaries as Add-ons (type "about:addons" in the URL bar & search for "dictionary).

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orschiro

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Registered: 2009-06-04

Posts: 2,136

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Re: firefox spell check

Firefox uses it's own dictionary

No, it detects and uses the installed hunspell dicts.

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