On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:24:31 -0700, Lee wrote:

I added the English dictionary and now I do not get the error message when starting Geany. Thanks.

But I am embarrassed to say I don't see how to use the spell check. Usually with editors there's a button you press and the open document is checked, misspelled words are underlined in red squiggly lines and often there a pop-up with suggestions and one-click replacement capabilities. I don't see any button and searched the toolbar and menus to run the spell check.

Actually most of these feature the plugin offers but you need to find how to activate it...(yes, it's not obvious, see below).

In the Tools menu, you should have an item "Spell Check" with a sub menu listing the available dictionaries. Choosing one of the dictionaries will start spell checking. There are a few options in the plugin preferences dialog like whether to show errors also in the messages window (at the bottom) or not. Errors are always displayed as red squiggly underlines in the editor widget. You can also enable 'check as you type' in the preferences dialog. Additionally, the plugin offers some keybindings for some actions. To configure them, open Geany's preferences dialog, switch to the Keybindings tab and find the Spell Check keybindings at the bottom of the list.

Now that the dictionary seems installed how do I spell check a document? Sorry if this obvious.

No need to sorry, the usability of the Spell Check plugin actually is not good and I should rework it.

Regards, Enrico