John JJ wrote: > Thanks. That is the bit I was missing. The default installation of > Fedora 14 x86_64 installed aspell, but curiously did not install any > dictionaries. After installing aspell-en I now have the spell > checker > at the bottom of the list in the Item button. > > However, it doesn't seem to work. The choice is grayed out when you > are > actually editing text in canvas view, and is not available at all in > the story editor. The only time it can be selected is when the text > frame is selected, but not in edit mode. And then the spell checker > finds nothing wrong, even when I deliberately made some misspelled > words in the frame.
That's the way it works (not) in my VectorLinux 7 alpha 4 with Scribus 1.3 9. I have aspell and the English dictionary. I get a spellcheck option under Item. However, when it does run, the dialog box appears but there's nothing in the "word not in dictionary" box and no alternate choices listed. So it's totally useless for spell checking because I can't see what it thinks is wrong. I've deliberately put misspelled words in the text but have no idea if they were picked up. I also can't get the Item-spellcheck option unless I select the text frame but not in Edit mode. Seems broken to me. --Judy M. USA Registered Linux User #397786 Being productive with VectorLinux 6.0 SOHO
