Same 12.04 LTS, I looked over the source code and found that sections of
"gedit-spell-checker" reference that it was modified from "gtkspell 2.0.2".
At gtkspell.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog references in a later version:
"version 2.0.11 (2005-05-27):
* Re-enable apostrophe word-breaking workarounds (GNOME bug #97545).
* Additional translations (see po/ChangeLog)."
This seems that they have found a fix for gtkspell and may help to solve
the problem in "gedit-spell-checker"
The relevent part of the code is:
<code>
static gboolean
gtkspell_text_iter_forward_word_end(GtkTextIter *i) {
GtkTextIter iter;
/* heuristic:
* if we're on an singlequote/apostrophe and
* if the next letter is alphanumeric,
* this is an apostrophe. */
if (!gtk_text_iter_forward_word_end(i))
return FALSE;
if (gtk_text_iter_get_char(i) != '\'')
return TRUE;
iter = *i;
if (gtk_text_iter_forward_char(&iter)) {
if (g_unichar_isalpha(gtk_text_iter_get_char(&iter))) {
return (gtk_text_iter_forward_word_end(i));
}
}
return TRUE;
}
</code>
Which it looks like someone has already adapted into a workaround here
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131576
Looks like It may have been abandoned, since the fix existed since 2004,
and the bug since around 2002,
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97545
10 years later...
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #97545
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97545
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36227
Title:
gedit doesn't handle apostrophes correctly when spell-checking
Status in Light-Weight Text Editor for Gnome:
In Progress
Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Open gedit, type in "wouldn't" without the quotes, and either enable Autocheck
spelling (Tools menu) or use Check Spelling to open the dialogue. Gedit
suggests
replacing the "wouldn" part with "wouldn't", which is performed, would yield
"wouldn't't". Also works with "doesn't", "couldn't", "shouldn't" etc. and
anything where the contracted form adds letters to the original word, i.e.
"should not" becomes "shouldn't". Obviously "shouldn" isn't a word... but you
know what I'm getting at :) Apostrophes seem to be considered as the end of a
word, like whitespace.
$ dpkg -l | grep gedit
ii gedit 2.12.0-0ubuntu1 light-weight text editor
ii gedit-common 2.12.0-0ubuntu1 light-weight text editor support files
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131576:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131576
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