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kdepim package

kmail spell checking doesn't provide visual cues to spelling errors

Bug #655091 reported by GreatBunzinni
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KDE PIM
Fix Released
Low
kdepim (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdepim

Kmail, when composing an email, does not provide any visual cue informing the user of a spelling error, although the spell checker appears to work correctly (i.e., when running it manually it stops on spelling errors and presents valid alternatives).

On the other hand, spell checking visual cues are present in other applications such as Firefox.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: kmail 4:4.4.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 5 12:30:47 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdepim

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GreatBunzinni (greatbunzinni) wrote :
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Hatl (hatl) wrote :

same problem here
if i disable and enable
Settings->Spellchecker...->Automatic spell checking enabled by default
it works again for some time

Changed in kdepim (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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ian_hawdon (ian-hawdon) wrote :

same issue in Kubuntu 11.04

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In , Cordlandwehr-n (cordlandwehr-n) wrote :

Version: 2.0.97
OS: Linux

If I enable "Automatic Spellchecking" from the "Options" menu, the red curly lines are only displayed for the Subject line, but not for the body text.--Actually I think, the automatic spellchecking is still disabled in the body composer window.

I am using GIT head for the 4.7.1 branch.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
see above.

Expected Results:
The automatic spellchecking should work also for the body text.

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In , Montel-3 (montel-3) wrote :

Work fine here.

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In , Cordlandwehr-n (cordlandwehr-n) wrote :

Could you have a look at SystemSettings -> Locale -> SpellCheck, if there is "Spellchecking by default" activated? After activating this it also worked for me. But I assume that is not the intention of the Spell-Check-activation button in KMail.

Greetings,
   Andreas

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Maarten Bezemer (veger) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. I use KMail 4.7.3 and it seems to be working properly, at least for that last couple of weeks (when enabled the option). When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running apport-collect 655091 and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Changed in kdepim (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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In , m4v (m4v) wrote :

I'm getting the same problem with Kmail2 in KDE 4.8.2, I had it since 4.7 but just now I bothered to look for a bug.

I have "Spellchecking by default" enabled in SystemSettings.

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m4v (m4v) wrote :

yes, is still in KDE 4.8.2

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Maarten Bezemer (veger) wrote :

Thanks for responding and adding the upstream report.

Changed in kdepim (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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In , Aurélien Gâteau (agateau) wrote :

Git commit 9cea94149015ca111e393e781b6e51ef39e08eae by Aurélien Gâteau.
Committed on 04/06/2013 at 18:29.
Pushed by gateau into branch 'master'.

Fix highlighting of spelling mistakes
REVIEW: 110829
FIXED-IN: 4.11.0

M +2 -4 kpimtextedit/emailquotehighlighter.cpp

http://commits.kde.org/kdepimlibs/9cea94149015ca111e393e781b6e51ef39e08eae

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In , Aurélien Gâteau (agateau) wrote :

*** Bug 287368 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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In , Aurélien Gâteau (agateau) wrote :

*** Bug 312067 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Changed in kdepim:
importance: Unknown → Low
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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