Bugzilla Bug 147568

Description:

I can not switch aspell dictionaries on kde-based applications. Spellchecking
works only on the default language of the X session.
In order to spellcheck in different languages, I am forced to close the current
Gnome session and log in choosing the desired language as the default for the
new Gnome session.
No problems though selecting language on Evolution.

Steps to reproduce:

-Fire up kile
-Try to spellcheck in a language other than the default one in the X session.
-A pop-up window appears: You have to restart the dialog for changes to take
effect
-Restart the dialog

Actual results:

The default dictionary is still selected

Expected results:

Have the dictionary I have chosen selected after restarting the dialog

Packages being used:

app-editors/kile-1.8.1-r1
gnome-base/gnome-2.14.2 
kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.2-r6
app-text/aspell-0.50.5-r4
app-dicts/aspell-ca-0.50.2
app-dicts/aspell-en-0.51.1
app-dicts/aspell-es-0.50.2
app-dicts/aspell-fr-0.50.3

I've also tried updating to ~x86 versions of kile, kdelibs, aspell and aspell
dictionaries obtaining the same results.

"emerge --info":

Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3,
2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686 Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5
Last Sync: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:00:01 +0000
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r1
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r5
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -msse3 -m32 -m3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config
/usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config
/usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/
/usr/share/texmf/xdvi/"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -msse3 -m32 -m3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
LANG="ca_ES.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="ca_ES.UTF-8"
LINGUAS="ca es en fr"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress
--force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180
--exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/home/portage-tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow X a52 aac aalib acpi alsa asf audiofile avahi avi berkdb
bitmap-fonts browserplugin bzip2 cdr cli crypt ctype cups dba dbus directfb
djbfft dlloader dmi doc dri dts dvd dvdr dvi elibc_glibc esd ethereal exif
expat fam fastbuild fbcon ffmpeg firefox flac force-cgi-redirect fortran ftp gd
gdbm gif gimpprint glut gmp gnome gpm gs gtk gtkhtml guile hal idn imlib
input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog java javascript jpeg
jpeg2k kernel_linux lame lcms libcaca libg++ linguas_ca linguas_en linguas_es
linguas_fr mad memlimit mmx mng mozilla mp3 mpeg mpeg2 nautilus ncurses nls
nptl nptlonly nsplugin ntfs ogg oss pam pcre pdflib perl png posix ppds pppd
print python qt3 readline reflection samba sdl session simplexml slang sndfile
soap sockets spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg symlink tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff
tokenizer truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU
userlocales v4l v4l2 vcd video_cards_vesa video_cards_via vorbis win32codecs
wmf wxwindows x86 xml2 xmms xorg xprint xsl xv xvid zlib"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS,
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

This issue has been discussed widely in gentoo-forums whithout a solution. .
These are a few examples of the threads that deal with the issue.

 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-495373-highlight-.html
 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-251740-highlight-kde+aspell.html 
 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-477428-highlight-kde+aspell.html 
 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-374651-highlight-kde+aspell.html 
 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-437348-highlight-kde+aspell.html 
 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-251740-highlight-kde+aspell.html 
 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-41111-highlight-kde+aspell.html 
 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-374651-highlight-kde+aspell.html 

Same problem here, still no solution. In other distros I don't see the bug. Any
chance this bug will be fixed anytime soon?

here's some additional info: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97386

I tried:
# cd /usr/lib
# ln -nsf aspell-0.60 aspell 

But that didn't work. Anyone knows how to remove this link?

Using aspell-0.50.5-r4 the problems are the following:
In Control Center -> KDE Components -> Spell Checker I see no dictionaries
except "ASpell Default" in the "Dictionary" list. At the same time in any KDE
application the spell checker window shows all the dictionaries I have but if I
select a non-default one, once I restart the dialog the selected dictionary is
still "ASpell Default".
Emerging aspell-0.60.4 (marked as ~x86) the problems are different:
In Control Center -> KDE Components -> Spell Checker I can see all the
dictionaries and I can select a non-default one. In the KDE applications
instead I cannot start the spell checker because I receive an error message
reporting that ASpell is not in the PATH, but the binary is, as always, in
/usr/bin/aspell.
I think that the solution proposed in the KDE Bugzilla is connected to the last
configuration described, because the aspell-0.60.x series is installed in the
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60 path, when the 0.50.x series is installed in
/usr/lib/aspell. Anyway also in my system the solution proposed doesn't work
and so I cannot use in any way ASpell as spell checker with KDE.
Currently I'm forced to switch to ISpell but is very old and I would like to
see this problem fixed as soon as possible.

Best regards.

How are things going with this bug? Is there a solution or workaround?

I have been able to switch dictionaries on KDE apps by emerging aspell-0.60.4.
I had to add to /etc/portage/package.keywords the following lines:

~app-text/aspell-0.60.4 ~x86
~app-dicts/aspell-en-6.0.0 ~x86

Then I first emerged aspell, and then the ditionaries I am using. I am now able
to switch dictionaries on KDE (like when writing this message in konqueror).

(In reply to comment #6)
> I have been able to switch dictionaries on KDE apps by emerging aspell-0.60.4.
> I had to add to /etc/portage/package.keywords the following lines:
> 
> ~app-text/aspell-0.60.4 ~x86
> ~app-dicts/aspell-en-6.0.0 ~x86
> 
> Then I first emerged aspell, and then the ditionaries I am using. I am now able
> to switch dictionaries on KDE (like when writing this message in konqueror).
> 

Thanks a lot! Worked fine for me to. Here's what I added to
/etc/portage/package.keywords:

app-text/aspell ~amd64
app-dicts/aspell-en ~amd64
app-dicts/aspell-nl ~amd64

Maybe it is a good idea to mark the next version of aspell stable?

Isn't it time to go ahead and mark a version of aspell and its dictionaries
that work stable?

Probably. Bug slipped through. Encountered the problem in c#4, too. It seems to
be solved by simply restarting the application in question.

Fixed in kdelibs-3.5.6-r8.

Umm - alpha, ppc64 teams - please keyword latest app-text/aspell and
app-dicts/aspell-en ebuilds and restore keyowrds on kdelibs-3.5.6-r8.

added ~ppc64

~alpha done. I don't think i missed anything.

Closing.