Re: Another spell-checker problem

From: Mark Gilbert (markgilbert@hotpop.com)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 00:02:31 EST

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    You need to upgrade (to 1.0.4). That will fix your spell problem.

    -MG

    On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 17:36, Bill Wade wrote:
    > Esteemed Abiword helper person:
    >
    > I am running Red Hat Linux 7.1.
    >
    > A few days ago I downloaded and installed the following rpm's:
    >
    > abiword-gtk-bidi-1.0.3-1.i386.rpm
    > abiword-fonts-1.0.3-1.noarch.rpm
    > abiword-clipart-1.0.3-1.noarch.rpm
    >
    > When I invoked abiword the following message was displayed:
    >
    > "Abiword was not able to add its fonts to the X font path.
    > This does not mean that there is anything wrong with your
    > system, but you will need to modify your font path manually.
    > Please see "Unix Font Path Problem" in FAQ section of
    > the Abiword help file for more detailed information, including
    > instructions on how to turn off this warning."
    >
    > I disabled the warning per instructions in the FAQ's.
    >
    > My problem is this: Often when I invoke the spellchecker weird and
    > unintelligible fonts are displayed in the dialog windows. The spell checker
    > does work in that clicking on "Change" will correct the misspelled word to a
    > correctly spelled word (sometimes the word that's wanted or to another word if
    > there are several unintelligible options). Also typing a word into the
    > "Change to:" field works. If the spell checker works initially the display
    > becomes unintelligible when the first word is corrected and the spell checker
    > remains broken to the end of the abiword session.
    >
    > Any ideas on how to fix this?
    >
    > Thanx
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