Yes, this is still an issue, if not for the original reporter, then for other people. Pidgin exposes no way to select the language used for spell-checking. The switchspell plugin is not packaged for Ubuntu (the description field of pidgin-plugin-pack mentions it, but the package itself doesn't ship it).
** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Spellchecker set to locale language https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237287 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs