(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kword Version: 1.1.1 (using KDE 2.2.2 ) Severity: wishlist Installed from: RedHat RPMs Compiler: Not Specified OS: Linux OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified When I tried to do a spell check I got the omnibus error: Ispell could not be started. Please make sure you have ispell properly in your $PATH. It turns out that the actual problem was that Ispell was starting and a dictionary file was improperly existant but empty (possibly a bug for the ispell people). It would help a great deal if the stderr from external programs was saved and displayed when the external program dies (or at least the first N characters of the error message). This would be far better than telling people to check the PATH of programs that actually get started. (Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
I have the same problem in kbabel (but not in kword, which works fine for me). It's true the the error message is too imprecise. It should be something like "trying to open /xxx/xxx/xxx". This way, we could debug the installation. I use mandrake 9.1 + kde 3.1.3 from texi
For KOffice CVS HEAD, the spelling is completely delegated to KSpell2, so such a bug much be caught there. Also this seems to be a bug more than a wish. Have a nice day!
On Monday 17 May 2004 22:08, Nicolas Goutte wrote: > For KOffice CVS HEAD, the spelling is completely delegated to KSpell2, so such a bug much be caught there. Nicolas: kspell2 doesn't use the ispell process at all. It only uses its dictionaries. So this kind of problem can't happen with kspell2 at all. But it might remain a valid bug for koffice-1.3.x as long as nothing else is available, of course....
Sorry for the misunderstanding. So back to KOffice and put the priority to "High" (if it does not go in KOffice 1.3.x, the bug report would not be useful anymore.) Have a nice day!
Back to normal priority as the error strings are still in KWord/KSpread/Kpresenter, so this bug is still valid for KOffice CVS HEAD. Have a nice day!
I suppose that this bug will never be fixed for KOffice 1.3. As this string is still in KSpread CVS HEAD, I am moving this bug to KSpread. (If it would still be useful in KSpread, then at least it should be re-worded to "spell checking program" instead of "ISpell", as it can be ASpell or HSpell too.) Have a nice day!
Sorry, I forgot to change the maintainer. So as written in the previous comment, I do not know if the code around this message is still useful for KSpread. If it would still be useful in KSpread, then at least it should be re-worded to "spell checking program" instead of "ISpell", as it can be ASpell or HSpell too. In KWord/KPresenter, the problem is fixed by default, as KSpell2 is used now. Have a nice day!
KSpread still uses ispell, apparently, because if I remove my ispell binary I still get this error.
Switched to Sonnet in the upcoming 2.x series.