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Iskendar

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Thursday, March 1st 2007, 10:34am

Spell checker won't work

Hi all,

I'm using KDE 3.5.5 on Fedora Core 6, and I've got problems getting the spell checker to work. When I run "Tools->Spelling" in kate or kile, I get the following error popup:

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The spelling program could not be started. Please make sure you have set the correct spelling program and that it is properly configured and in your PATH.


When I look in "KDE Components->Spell Checker", I see the following settings:
  • Dictionary: ASpell Default
  • Encoding: US-ASCII
  • Client: ASpell


Changing "ASpell" into "International Ispell" causes the same error. So I checked whether aspell and ispell were installed, and they're right there in /usr/bin, which is in my PATH variable. Running ispell from the command line shows that it is a compatibility script for aspell:

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Ispell compatibility script for Aspell.
Usage: /usr/bin/ispell [options] -a|-l|-v[v]|-c|-e[1-4]|<file>


When I try spellchecking in kmail, I get the same problem with a slightly different error message:

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ISpell/Aspell could not be started. Please make sure you have ISpell or Aspell properly configured and in your PATH.


So the spellcheckers are installed, set correctly in the control center, are in the PATH, but aren't found by the kde apps. Any ideas on what may cause this?
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Iskendar

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Wednesday, March 7th 2007, 2:13pm

Bump.

Come on guys. Any ideas on where the PATH for A/Ispell is set within kde apps?
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