On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 14:31, subhani shaik <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi , > > I tried to install spell check manually with FAQ info but with no luck. > > Is there a way to install Spell-checking support manually? > > Yes, if the installer isn't able to successfully download and install the > dictionaries, you can do so manually. > > Versions 2.7.0 and newer use the dictionaries available from the openoffice > extension download site. You need to download the appropriate language > extension file(s) (files are openoffice extensions *.oxt, which are just zip > files that contain additional data). Once you have downloaded a dictionary > extension file, you can rename it so it has a .zip extension and then extract > the *.dic and *.aff files in it to <Pidgin Installation > Directory>\spellcheck\share\enchant\myspell\ (create the directories if they > don't exist already). > If Pidgin is running, it will need to be restarted for new dictionaries to be > recognized. > > Versions older than 2.7.0 use Aspell; you can download both the Aspell core > and a dictionary from the win32 Aspell website. > > > > I downloaded EN_US plugin and tried to install but it's showing this error > page > > > > i hit "OK". and how to rename this downloaded plugin into *.zip . > > > > Could you please help me out from this problem and let me know where i went > wrong.
I think that the issue is that you are trying to "open/install" the file instead of simply downloading and saving it somewhere on your hard drive (and then following the manual steps above to make it available to Pidgin). OpenOffice itself shouldn't be at all involved in the process. -D _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
