Re: Abiword and en US Dictionary

From: F J Franklin (F.J.Franklin@sheffield.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Sep 24 2002 - 03:35:09 EDT

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    On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Michael Ward Cole wrote:
    > I am using Abiword 1.0.2. I have the following files available:
    > /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash
    > /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash-encoding
    > /usr/share/AbiSuite/dictionary/american.hash
    > /usr/share/AbiSuite/dictionary/american.hash-encoding
    > However, when I load abiword it puts up an error that 'Could not load
    > the dictionary for the en-US language. I have en-US as my default
    > language. I have tried completely removing abiword and installing it
    > fresh. I still get this. How can I remedy the situation. I am using
    > linux 2.4.18-386.

    Often this turns out to be because AbiWord was compiled to use
    pspell/aspell instead of ispell. If so, you'll need to install
    the aspell-en dictionary package.

    Not sure, though.

    Frank

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