Revision: 213 http://geany-plugins.svn.sourceforge.net/geany-plugins/?rev=213&view=rev Author: eht16 Date: 2008-10-17 15:39:57 +0000 (Fri, 17 Oct 2008)

Log Message: ----------- Add some notes about known problems, especially with the Zemberek provider.

Modified Paths: -------------- trunk/spellcheck/ChangeLog trunk/spellcheck/README

Modified: trunk/spellcheck/ChangeLog =================================================================== --- trunk/spellcheck/ChangeLog 2008-10-17 15:20:12 UTC (rev 212) +++ trunk/spellcheck/ChangeLog 2008-10-17 15:39:57 UTC (rev 213) @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ src/scplugin.h, src/gui.h, src/speller.h, src/Makefile.am, po/POTFILES.in: Split spellcheck.c into three source files. + * README: + Add some notes about known problems, especially with the + Zemberek provider.

2008-10-16 Enrico Tröger <enrico(dot)troeger(at)uvena(dot)de>

Modified: trunk/spellcheck/README =================================================================== --- trunk/spellcheck/README 2008-10-17 15:20:12 UTC (rev 212) +++ trunk/spellcheck/README 2008-10-17 15:39:57 UTC (rev 213) @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@

Get the code from:

- svn checkout http://geany-plugins.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/geany-plugins/trunk/spellch... + svn checkout http://geany-plugins.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/geany-plugins/trunk/spellch...

Requirements @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ from the sources, you should be ready to go. If you used a preprared package e.g. from your distribution you probably need to install an additional package, this might be called geany-dev or geany-devel. -Please note that in order to compile and use this plugin, you need a current SVN -version of Geany, at least SVN >= 2715. +Please note that in order to compile and use this plugin, you need Geany 0.15 +or later.

Furthermore you need, of course, a C compiler and the Make tool. The GNU versions of these tools are recommended. @@ -85,6 +85,33 @@ spell check.

+Known issues +------------ + * Spell checking with some languages like Hindi might be incorrect, i.e. some + words are incorrectly marked as correctly spelled or marked incorrectly + as misspelled. + * Crashes of Geany when loading the Spell Check plugin after it was unloaded. + This can happen when you are using a dictionary from the Zemberek provider + of Enchant (mostly Turkish dictionaries). + It can also happen when you tried to use a non-existing + dictionary and the Zemberek provider is installed on your system. + To avoid these crashes you have the following options: + + * Do not load the plugin after it was unloaded, restart Geany first + * Do not use any of the dictionaries provided by the Zemberek provider + * Update your Enchant version at least to 1.4.3 (once it is released) + * Uninstall the Zemberek provider + + Background: + These crashes are all related to the Zemberek provider in Enchant. + In version 1.4.2 and prior of Enchant, this provider/backend always + claimed to support any given invalid dictionary name and so it was + active and caused these crashes on load after unload of the plugin. + This provider is DBus-based and uses the GObject type + registration system which is not really capable of being unloaded and + loaded again. + + License ------- spellcheck is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License

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