278079 - Spell checker failure

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Robert Harvey]

Since updating to version 1 a number of things have gone wrong with the spell
checker.

1.  The bottom left-hand button no longer says 'send' when invoked
automatically, just 'close'.  This may be deliberate, but I preferred the other
method it made more sense.

2.  The spell checker does not find mis-spelled workds.  See attached screen
dump broken_spell1.png

3.  Sometimes it pops up when sending with empty boxes, claiming a miss-spelling
but with no word displayed at all.  I will post a screen dump as soon as I
remember to grab one from a message I don't mind publishng.

Comment 1

[Robert Harvey]

Attachment: example of ill-spelled words being ignored

Comment 2

[Robert Harvey]

Attachment: Example of null words displayed

I tried pressing 'ignore' a few hundred times, but the spell checker never
moved on from it's null display.  I had to close and send without checking.

Comment 3

[Robert Harvey]

Attachment: Here's another one, 'cos it hasn't stopped happening

This only started happening when I upgraded to version 1.0  
It doesn't just happen with usenet postings, it happens with mail as well.  

It's starting to become a nuiscance, happening nearly every time I send now.  I
shall be forced to turn off checking soon.

The only extension I have is mnenhy, plus some out of date ones that I can't
delete because they don't appear in the extension manager despite a periodic
window asking if I want to check for updates...

Comment 4

[Robert Harvey]

Attachment: Miss-spelled words skipped in GB speller too

I just added the GB .xpi file and found that it still can't detect misspelled
words.

Comment 5

[Robert Harvey]

Well, since no-one else seemed to be having this trouble I have downloaded a
fresh copy of the GB spelling dictionary and installed that.  Both problems seem
to have vanished, so I'll call it mended.  Unless anyone else knows differently.