rick-shar wrote:
[email protected] wrote:
rick-shar wrote:
Just upgraded 2 Win10 laptops to SM 2.53.5 (thanks loads, devs!), in
the UK. On my own laptop, I have the British English Dictionary
(Marco Pinto) v2.68, which lists in the Add-On Mgr under the category
'Dictionaries'. On my wife's laptop, before the SM version update,
she'd complained about only having the English (US) language
available for spell-checking, which causes issues whenever composing
emails for UK recipients.
On that laptop, I've added the latest Marco Pinto Dictionary v2.90
from the Add-Ons site, but it only lists as an Extension, not a
Dictionary, so can't be selected for spell-checking.
That happens if you install a WebExtension-based dictionary in
SeaMonkey, as mentioned under "Extensions (Add-ons) and Themes" in the
release notes. It seems even the ones hosted on
addons.thunderbird.net may be WebExtensions now but don't work with
SeaMonkey - see e.g.
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1555116>.
I'm currently using v2.68 of British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto).
You can download older versions by following the "See complete version
history" link near the bottom of
<https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-GB/seamonkey/addon/british-english-dictionary-2/>.
There, 2.68 is explicitly mentioned as being a legacy extension, and
there's mention of this 2.70 already being a WebExtension. It's not
clear which 2.69 is, so that might perhaps work, or it might be that
2.68 is the last that works in current SeaMonkey.
If you right-click the "Download Now" button, you can select "Save
Link Target As..." to download the .xpi file for the extension rather
than immediately installing it. That way you've got it in case you
need to install it again in future. From about:addons, you can
install an extension from an .xpi file by clicking the cog icon near
the top right and selecting "Install Add-on From File..."
On my own laptop, the v2.68 installed doesn't appear to have any
means of updating as-is, but it is working as expected.
It might be that's the latest which actually works with SeaMonkey. Or
it may be related to the fact that update checks for the main
application don't work. As far as I can see, 2.69 is the only newer
version which might possibly work - so you could try downloading and
installing that as above, but be prepared to revert back to 2.68 if it
doesn't work.
So it looks like I have 2 separate issues. Any suggestions?
Mark, etc,
Now that I've had time to try, I've downloaded v2.68 and (?)successfully
installed it into my wife's laptop. It shows up in the Add-On Mgr
screen as a loaded Dictionary, but is not available to select anywhere.
Whether composing a new email or as the default language under
Properties - Appearance - Spelling, the only entry in her SM v2.53.5
install is for the default English-US. And of course, the link for 'add
more dictionaries' takes me to the Thunderbird add-ons download page,
for what that's worth.
I've just experimented a bit on a virtual machine. I can reproduce what
you're seeing if I install a newer version of the dictionary, then
install 2.68 over the top without removing the older version. 2.68 then
shows up under "Dictionaries" in the Add-ons Manager, but isn't
available under Preferences > Appearance > Spelling.
This seems to be resolved by removing the dictionary (even if it now
shows as version 2.68), then installing version 2.68:
- Open Add-ons Manager
- Select "Dictionaries" on the left side
- Click "Remove" alongside British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto)
(if it's not there, look under "Extensions" on the left side instead)
- Install British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto) version 2.68 (either
by going to the add-ons page, or if you've already downloaded the .xpi
file click the cog icon at the top and select "Install Add-on From File".
After doing that, I see an "English/United Kingdom" option in
Preferences > Appearance > Spelling.
If it still doesn't show up, a few things I can think of to check:
- Check that "British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto)" is showing up
under "Dictionaries", not "Extensions", in the Add-ons Manager.
- Click "More" alongside the dictionary and check that it shows 2.68 in
the heading.
- Make sure it's not disabled; if it is, click the "Enable" button next
to the dictionary in add-ons manager.
- If you have multiple profiles, make sure it's installed in the profile
you're trying to use it in; add-ons are installed separately for each
profile. If you've previously installed the newer version in other
profiles, you'll probably have to remove and reinstall the older version
in each profile.
SeaMonkey add-ons are hosted on Thunderbird's website, since Mozilla
stopped hosting them, so it's normal that you'd be taken there.
Unfortunately, it seems to offer the latest WebExtension dictionaries to
SeaMonkey even though SeaMonkey doesn't support them.
I really don't want to abandon SM, but if my English wife can't compose
emails in her own language in the mail client, what's the point? I've
been a loyal Netscape/Mozilla/SM user for some time, but I'm not a
developer. My skill set is in system administration, not programming.
As far as I can tell, British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto) 2.68
should work with SeaMonkey 2.53.5. Hopefully just a case of
reinstalling the older version of the dictionary...
--
Mark.
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