Gedit 2.30.3 does not highlight the first spelling error found. Subsequent spelling errors are highlighted correctly.

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Thanks!

I searched gedit's bug tracker and was unable to find a bug reporting this defect.

It seems that there is an editor that measures the length of a bug's description and refuses to allow the bug to be worked on unless the bug description is of a certain length. i believe my description of this problem is perfectly adequate, but will add more crap so it can be worked on.

At a minimum, we need:

1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,

i activated the Gedit spelling checker by clicking Tools/Check Spelling

2. the behavior you expected, and

i expected the spelling errors detected by Check Spelling to be highlighted one at a time

3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).

The first error detected by Check Spelling was not highlighted in the document. All subsequent errors were correctly highlighted.

Chazbo

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

As an alternattive solution to the problem, perhaps it would be a better idea to implement the Mozilla Thunderbird Spell Checker. To me it has an easier to use interface and does a better job of suggesting possible alternative spelling possibilities.

Bug transferred to Gnome Bugzilla, bug 650829 on 5/22/2011.

Unfortunately, even though i created this bug, i apparently cannot close it, but it should be closed.

Chazbo

I have added this bug to Gnome Bugzilla as #650829 on 5/22/2011, as per your
request.

Chazbo

On 04/18/2011 04:36 PM, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would
> be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people
> writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)
>
> ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>

Is this still reproducible in Gedit 3.x.x? Could you please attach a document where spelling error is missed and the language you have used to reproduce this?

Thank You for paying attention to this bug, but i am running U 10.04 which uses
Gedit 2.30.3, so i cannot answer your question about Gedit 3.x.x.

Charles

On 02/08/2012 08:47 AM, Vadim Rutkovsky wrote:
> Is this still reproducible in Gedit 3.x.x? Could you please attach a
> document where spelling error is missed and the language you have used
> to reproduce this?
>
> ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #650829
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650829
>
> ** Also affects: gedit via
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650829
> Importance: Unknown
> Status: Unknown
>
> ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

Hi,

I run 2.30.3 as well, but never noticed the problem. Do you have an example text, and language, that will trigger this bug?
                                                                                                                                                                   Mysha

Hi Mysha,

i am enclosing 3 screen shots that should illustrate the problem.

   gedit.file is the file

   first.spelling.error is after "tools/check spelling" note that the spelling
error is not
     hilighted.

   second.spelling.error is after "ignore" note that the spelling error is
hilighted. It will
     continue to be hilighted for all subsequent spelling errors.

Look this over and let me know if you need any additional info. i am running
Gedit 2.30.3.

Thanks a lot for checking out this problem,

Peace & Happiness,

Charles

On 02/11/2012 04:28 PM, Mysha wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I run 2.30.3 as well, but never noticed the problem. Do you have an example text, and language, that will trigger this bug?
> Mysha
>

Reproduced in gedit 3.3.5-0ubuntu1

Hi,

Curiously, I now experience this bug, where I can't recall seeing it before.
I have no idea what may have caused it.

Also +1 on an interface more like in Thunderbird.

                                                                                                                        Mysha

the issue has been fixed in https://git.gnome.org/browse/gedit/commit/?id=ffbaed1d46b103dcd8922b2941fa9c48766af5cc

This bug was fixed in the package gedit - 3.10.4-0ubuntu9

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gedit (3.10.4-0ubuntu9) vivid; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/git_select_mispelled_word.patch:
    - select first mispelled word (lp: #645695)
  * debian/patches/git_get_start_sig.patch:
    - use correct get_start_iter() signature (lp: #1428333)
  * debian/patches/git_encoding_combo.patch:
    - chain up constructed() at the beginning (lp: #1390011)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:25:49 +0100