Libreoffice spellcheck doesn't work [SOLVED]

pepedopolous · 2015-05-31 19:42:29

Hi,

I've already tried a lot of things to fix this e.g. uninstalling, reinstalling, re-naming user folder, yet still can't get spell check to work as it used to do. Doesn't matter if I use libreoffice-fresh or still.

Anyone else having similar issues or is there a fix that I've missed somehow?

Cheers,

P

Last edited by pepedopolous (2015-05-31 22:38:24)

VanillaFunk · 2015-05-31 19:45:08

i also have issues with spellcheck ( i have aspell-en ) but still when i run spell check it just completes with nothing happening ( even if i purposely mispell words )

this what you mean perpedopolous? i havent started trying to correct it.

pepedopolous · 2015-05-31 20:40:00

This is what I mean.

Weirdly, if I paste some text from gmail into Writer, sometimes it ends up being set as English (US) and then both automatic and manual spell checks do work. Most of the time absolutely nothing happens.

I want to use UK English. I've tried seeing if I could install and use Libreoffice in a live environment (Antergos) but it didn't start once installed. So still no wiser.

P

VanillaFunk · 2015-05-31 20:43:55

did you install aspell and the appropriate dictonary?

dcdriving · 2015-05-31 20:49:26

Hi, I have this working for UK English but maybe should have posted a bug or something. Sorry, bit of a newb!

The problem is that there are links created in /usr/share/hunspell which symlink to en_GB.dic and en_GB.aff but these files are actually called en_GB-large.dic and en_GB-large.aff. I renamed the files and it works. Make sure that the "abc/tick" is available next to the dictionary required in the tools/option/languages/Default Languages For Documents section.

Also have installed

[david@pb hunspell]$ pacman -Qs hunspell
local/hunspell 1.3.3-1
    Spell checker and morphological analyzer library and program
local/hunspell-en 2015.05.18-1
    English hunspell dictionaries
[david@pb hunspell]$ pacman -Qs gb
local/libreoffice-fresh-en-GB 4.4.3-1
    English (GB) language pack for LibreOffice Fresh

Chazza · 2015-05-31 20:51:42

For me, installing hunspell-en was what got English spellchecking working in Libreoffice.

dcdriving · 2015-05-31 20:56:20

@Chazza, sorry yes it works for a variety of English variants but didn't for UK English until I mucked about with the filenames. Not saying that it wasn't my fault I had to do this but not sure why or how I needed to.

VanillaFunk · 2015-05-31 21:01:04

Chazza wrote:

For me, installing hunspell-en was what got English spellchecking working in Libreoffice.

cool that got mine working thanks Chazza

Chazza · 2015-05-31 21:12:46

@VanillaFunk - Excellent.

@dcdriving - Yes I see what you mean. I've upvoted the bug report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/45158?p … unspell-en

dcdriving · 2015-05-31 21:20:34

Thanks Chazza. I'll need to do a bit more reading and learn to check bug reports first as I just assumed it was me! It would have saved me time. Live and learn.

Chazza · 2015-05-31 21:28:57

No probs. A tip which you may or may not be aware of - each package in the archlinux.org/packages web interface has a 'Bug Reports' link which searches the bug tracker for reports related to the package. Apologies if you already know this, I just thought it worth mentioning how I found the relevant report.

dcdriving · 2015-05-31 21:33:27

Thank you! Hadn't picked up on that. Will keep it in mind.

pepedopolous · 2015-05-31 22:33:05

dcdriving wrote:

Hi, I have this working for UK English but maybe should have posted a bug or something. Sorry, bit of a newb!
The problem is that there are links created in /usr/share/hunspell which symlink to en_GB.dic and en_GB.aff but these files are actually called en_GB-large.dic and en_GB-large.aff. I renamed the files and it works. Make sure that the "abc/tick" is available next to the dictionary required in the tools/option/languages/Default Languages For Documents section.
Also have installed
[david@pb hunspell]$ pacman -Qs hunspell
local/hunspell 1.3.3-1
    Spell checker and morphological analyzer library and program
local/hunspell-en 2015.05.18-1
    English hunspell dictionaries
[david@pb hunspell]$ pacman -Qs gb
local/libreoffice-fresh-en-GB 4.4.3-1
    English (GB) language pack for LibreOffice Fresh

Renaming the files worked for me! Thanks! I'll also vote for the bug.

zahn01 · 2015-06-20 22:21:20

Hello, all

Chazza wrote:

For me, installing hunspell-en was what got English spellchecking working in Libreoffice.

I just read this thread. Chazza, your solution also worked for me as of a few minutes ago, today 2015-June-20, so thanks you very much.

For everyone else, I was accustomed to aspell-en, and so that is the program for which I searched on my computer, at the Libreoffice website and via Google. Google will only mention hunspell if one explicitly searches for both hunspell and LibreOffice. AFAIK, The Libreoffice website makes no mention of this requirement, which is essential to using this program properly. How this glaring oversight has affected their donations is anyones guess.

My lesson learned: Sometimes, it's better to start with a forum search. I won't rely on the way the way things used to function to completely guide me today.

Hope this helps

Last edited by zahn01 (2015-06-20 22:22:39)

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Libreoffice spellcheck doesn't work [SOLVED]

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Re: Libreoffice spellcheck doesn't work [SOLVED]

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