Launchpad has imported 8 comments from the remote bug at https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75734.
If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2014-03-04T00:28:06+00:00 Dhgutteridge wrote: LibreOffice shouldn't pretend to spell check something when it's lacking the dictionary it's been asked to use. It should explicitly tell the user it can't proceed. There are many confused users encountering this issue, from what I've seen on many forum postings and many bug reports that have been submitted here. LibreOffice should check for the presence of the required dictionary before starting the spell check and provide a meaningful error message if it's not found. Instead the spell check runs and reports no issues were found, which is quite misleading. (The steps to reproduce are quite simple: just change the associated dictionary of selected text in a document to be any dictionary that isn't installed and run the spell check.) I'm surprised no one's filed a bug that points this out already, but I couldn't find anything in the bug list. My apologies if I missed something. Responses are typically that users should download the necessary dictionary separately, which is all well and good, but the software itself should be telling them it can't complete the action requested. There'd be fewer duplicate bug reports about missing dictionaries if this was the case. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/997934/comments/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2014-03-04T00:36:30+00:00 Dhgutteridge wrote: I should add, I realize there's more than one means to invoke spell checking, since a user could have the "check as you go" feature enabled, or they could explicitly start an interactive spell checking session. At a minimum, I think the latter should pop up a warning indicating it has no dictionary to work with. (And if a document has multiple languages, it could trigger multiple times, so I realize this isn't the simplest thing to make elegant...) Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/997934/comments/11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2014-03-07T04:57:16+00:00 Jmadero-dev wrote: Thank you for reporting this enhancement request! I can confirm that this is a valid enhancement request on: Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 84862db95a5e22b9ef89baa2a8a5deeffefbdef6 Date: Tue Feb 25 19:58:48 2014 +0100 Platform: Ubuntu Linux 13.10 x64 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + As I've been able to confirm the enhancement request I am marking as: New (confirmed) Enhancement High - seems like a useful thing to have for many users, no dictionary should result in some kind of a warning if you try to do a spell check. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + LibreOffice is powered by a team of volunteers, every bug is confirmed (triaged) by human beings who mostly give their time for free. We invite you to join our triaging by checking out this link: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugTriage There are also other ways to get involved including with marketing, UX, documentation, and of course developing - http://www.libreoffice.org /get-help/mailing-lists/. Lastly, good bug reports help tremendously in making the process go smoother, please always provide reproducible steps (even if it seems easy) and attach any and all relevant material Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/997934/comments/12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2015-07-06T22:01:22+00:00 Gquigs+bugs wrote: *** Bug 76238 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/997934/comments/26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2015-11-16T20:40:25+00:00 Dhgutteridge wrote: Perhaps this could be added to the "easy hacks" list? That is, I don't know if it is an easy job, but as I imagined it, it would just be a check to confirm a selected dictionary is installed when a spell check is invoked, with a message box popping up a warning if the dictionary is missing. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/997934/comments/32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2015-11-16T20:43:02+00:00 Jmadero-dev wrote: Requesting developer input to get code pointers - I'm not convinced this would be easy as it would have to somehow determine the language of a non-installed package...it sounds pretty daunting to me. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/997934/comments/33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2015-11-16T20:53:34+00:00 Dhgutteridge wrote: I certainly don't know either, but a typical complaint from users is that they've selected a language from a pre-existing list in LibreOffice that doesn't actually have the given dictionary installed (because the item doesn't have a tick symbol beside it, or what-have-you). Reporting that a list item previously selected/assigned has no actual dictionary installed doesn't seem difficult in theory. (But there is so often a gulf between theory and practice!) Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/997934/comments/34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2015-12-13T11:20:56+00:00 Qubit wrote: Migrating Whiteboard tags to Keywords: (needsDevEval) [NinjaEdit] Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/997934/comments/35 ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Status: Unknown => Confirmed ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Importance: Unknown => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997934 Title: [Upstream] Spell checking doesn't warn users if the selected dictionary isn't installed, but rather returns a potentially incorrect result To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/997934/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
