On 18/06/2012, at 11:29, "a.l.e" <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
> hi
>> I have noticed mention of the Scribus Spell Checker for 1.3.9 coming up
>> again on this Forum. (Maybe only working in the Text Editor but that's OK).
>> But when I try to use it, (select frame and press F7), I just get a box
>> saying "Spell Check complete" and nothing else even when there _ARE_ errors
>> in the spelling.
>>
>> I have asked about this before - so can we settle this once and for all
>> please.
>>
>> _IS_ there a Spell Checker for Scribus 1.3.9, and _HOW_ do you get it
>> working?
>
> 1.3.9 is an "old" development version.
>
> you should probably update to 1.4.1 first.
> one thing is for sure: until you stick with 1.3.9, you won't get any further
> improvements :-)
>
> depending on your OS, you may need the latest patches committed by craig and
> have to wait for 1.4.2 to be released to have the spelling check working!
>
> depending on your skills and time at your disposal, you may want to download
> the current code in svn, compile it, test it to provide feedback on it.
> this will help us making it work for you!
>
>
For 1.4.x on Linux, the aspell based checker does work "ok". For Windows , you
need to wait for 1.4.2. For OSX you need to wait too or build it yourself via
manual build or mac ports/fink.
Jean put a windows svn snapshot on source forge last week. I might make an OSX
one soon too.
Craig
