Public bug reported: Possibly related console output:
``` (gedit:16993): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: 22:40:02.951: Error creating IO channel for /proc/self/mountinfo: Permission denied (g-file-error-quark, 2) (gedit:16993): gspell-WARNING **: 22:40:03.068: iso_639.xml: Failed to open file ?/usr/share/xml/iso-codes/iso_639.xml?: open() failed: No such file or directory (gedit:16993): gspell-WARNING **: 22:40:03.068: iso_3166.xml: Failed to open file ?/usr/share/xml/iso-codes/iso_3166.xml?: open() failed: No such file or directory ``` The check spelling window spills "Error: Spell checker error: no language set. It’s maybe because no dictionaries are installed." In the poedit snap that uses GtkSpell and Enchant to implement the spellchecking we patched the iso-codes prefix and packs all the spellchecking dictionaries to solve the issue: https://github.com/vslavik/poedit/blob/master/snap/snapcraft.yaml Also, I've packaged a Hunspell content snap that provides the dictionaries: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/the-hunspell-dictionaries-content-snap/7160 ** Affects: gedit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: snap ** Tags added: snap -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797779 Title: [snap] Spellchecking appears to be not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1797779/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
