Ubuntu
evolution package

Can't install non locale spell-checking

Bug #115845 reported by Duncan Lithgow
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evolution (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: evolution

I run my Ubuntu desktop system in english, but I live in Denmark and have friends in Germany.

I cannot get dictionaries for other languages without installing the whole desktop in multiple languages.

It should be possible (as with OpenOffice) to install dictionaries independent of the system language.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? How do you install a dictionnary?

Changed in evolution:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) and as far as I know I have had this problem for several version.

Regarding dictionaries, this bug is about the fact that I cannot install dictionaries for languages I haven't installed for the whole system. For example, to be able to check my spelling in email in Evolution in the German language I have to install German language files for the whole ubuntu-desktop. This is because Evolution doesn't seem to offer it's own system for installing dictionaries. Other applications like Firefox (2.2) and OpenOffice have their own inbuilt ways of doing this.

This is a barrier to anyone who uses two languages in some situations but doesn't want to install everything in two languages.

(PS: I think I sent the original reply to you directly Sebastian, sorry about that)

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
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status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
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C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote :

Hum. Evolution can use spelling -- I guess this seems like what you want (spelling is not quite the same as a dictionary). If this is it, then you need gnome-spell, plus aspell, plus whatever aspell-<language>s as you need.

For example, I have it for French, English, and Portuguese.

Of course, I may have gotten it completely wrong, and you really want dictionaries.

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status: New → Incomplete
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C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote :

ah yes, and my system is installed for English only.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

that's not a bug as hggdh suggested you can use aspell for it, thanks.

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status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

hggdh: Yes it's spell checking I actually want, thanks. But I can't see how to do this. Can you help a bit?

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