The following error results when attempting to invoke aspell from any KDE app: "ISpell/Aspell could not be started. Please make sure you have ISpell or Aspell configured and in your PATH." For reference: * app-text/aspell Latest version available: 0.50.3 Latest version installed: 0.50.3 Size of downloaded files: 917 kB Homepage: http://aspell.net/ Description: A spell checker replacement for ispell * app-dicts/aspell-en Latest version available: 0.51.0 Latest version installed: 0.51.0 Size of downloaded files: 168 kB Homepage: http://aspell.net Description: English (US, British, Canadian) language dictionary for aspell The dictionary is set to "ASpell", and the client is set to "Aspell". Notice the difference in case between the two? The first has an upper case 'S' while the second one does not. Could that be the problem???
Are those settings in the control center? A few KDE apps have their own spelling settings, you may want to check the settings of the app you are trying this in. Also on my box, the Dictionary is "ASpell Default" the Encoding is "US_ASCII", and the Client is "Aspell".
What happens if you try changing your dictionary to a regional one... E.g. English (United States Of America). I use English (United Kingdom). I can't duplicate this behaviour. Could you give an example of KDE programs which fail to be able to use aspell? What happens if you attempt to use aspell from kmail? Works fine in kmail for me. Puggy
latest KDE fixed this bug for me
marking as fixed per above comment - please reopen if the problem persists.
