Spell check not working in gNote

XG SiNGH · 2015-07-02 11:51:51

Hiya, I've tried everything but can't get spellcheck working in gNote.

gNote is... (DRAMATIC PAUSE) GTK+ based (*SHOCK*).

Firefox (also GTK based) has spell check working without me having had done anything (out-of-the-box). (So; it's not a gtk issue on my system? as firefox works...)

I have the following spell-check things installed:

local/aspell 0.60.6.1-2
local/aspell-en 2015.04.24-1
local/enchant 1.6.0-5
local/gtkspell 2.0.16-3
local/hspell 1.2-2
local/hunspell 1.3.3-1
local/hunspell-en 2015.05.18-4
local/python2-gtkspellcheck 4.0.2-2
local/python2-pyenchant 1.6.6-1
local/sonnet 5.11.0-1 (kf5)

I'm using Arch x64, & KDE KF5 (Plasma 5) as my DE.

I've tried hard to search for a solution. Most are Firefox/Evolution based issues, which are generally solved by editing their config. Not helpful for me.

Any help?

"Thanking you!" --Not your Captian (bonus if you get this ref...)

Chazza · 2015-07-02 14:06:34

I notice you have gtkspell installed but apparently not gtkspell3. As gNote is a GTK+ 3 application, you probably need the latter installed as well.

XG SiNGH · 2015-07-02 15:26:26

Hiya, thanks for the reply.

Good point you raise there! However; I tried that, but it still didn't work o_O

I also tried uninstalling gtkspell (GTK+2), & only having gtkspell3 installed = still not working.

I found this silly page (outdated official gNote manual): https://help.gnome.org/users/gnote/unst … 68.html.en
It shows a screenshot of the preferences page of an older GTK+2 gNote - you will notice:

Spellcheck While Typing
Enable this checkbox ... (to enable spellcheck)
The spellcheck option is only available if you have the GtkSpell package for your distribution installed.

My gNote is missing the spellcheck tick box. There is no mention anywhere in it's config. So; maybe it's config is elsewhere...

Is there some kind of global settings interface specifically for GTK+3 & it's apps? (sorta like systemsettings5 for KDE).
(I know about gconf-editor, however I imagine there is a more official user-facing config editor in circulation...)

(& I already checked; gconf-editor only has spell check settings for tomboy notes - which is already ticked anyway)

Just my luck - the single most important place I need spellcheck does not work.

Need moar help.

Thank you

Chazza · 2015-07-02 15:53:54

I tried installing it with gtkspell3 and had spell check didn't work for me either. Modern GNOME apps use DConf/GSettings. In the dconf-editor, there is an enable-spellchecking setting under org.gnome.gnote but it's already enabled and toggling it does nothing. I don't really know what more to suggest. You might want to check GNOME bugzilla and see if there is a bug report or file one yourself.

XG SiNGH · 2015-07-02 15:56:14

Thank you for the good info.

I was considering reporting a bug... I'll go ahead & do that soon.

(I'll keep this thread updated with the outcome of that bug).

Thank you

Arch Linux

#1 2015-07-02 11:51:51

Spell check not working in gNote

#2 2015-07-02 14:06:34

Re: Spell check not working in gNote

#3 2015-07-02 15:26:26

Re: Spell check not working in gNote

#4 2015-07-02 15:53:54

Re: Spell check not working in gNote

#5 2015-07-02 15:56:14

Re: Spell check not working in gNote

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