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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 6:01 pm    Post subject: No spellcheck in Firefox 15 Reply with quote

Apologies in advance if this is a dumb post, but how do I enable spellcheck in firefox 15? I used to have it a few versions ago, I looked up and found a few mentions of useflags related to it, but they were very old and it seems to have changed because now I don't see anything spell related.

My emerge --info is:

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Portage 2.1.11.18 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r2, 3.5.3-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.5.3-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-2620M_CPU_@_2.70GHz-with-gentoo-2.2
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:30:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p37
dev-lang/python:          2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3-r1
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.9
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.27.1
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.2
sys-apps/openrc:          0.10.5
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.6
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.9.6-r3, 1.11.6, 1.12.3
sys-devel/binutils:       2.22.90
sys-devel/gcc:            4.6.3
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.7.3
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.2
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r3
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.5 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.15-r2
Repositories: gentoo x-portage
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="${EPREFIX}/etc/gconf /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask=n"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
LINGUAS="en"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X acl amd64 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dri fortran gdbm iconv jpeg mmx mmxext modules mudflap multilib ncurses nptl openmp pam pcre pppd readline session sse sse2 ssl ssse3 tcpd unicode zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard evdev mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON


My firefox version is:

Code:
[ebuild   R    ] www-client/firefox-15.0.1  USE="alsa custom-cflags custom-optimization dbus ipc jit minimal webm -bindist -debug -gstreamer -libnotify -pgo (-selinux) -startup-notification -system-sqlite -wifi" LINGUAS="-af -ak -ar -as -ast -be -bg -bn_BD -bn_IN -br -bs -ca -cs -csb -cy -da -de -el -en_GB -en_ZA -eo -es_AR -es_CL -es_ES -es_MX -et -eu -fa -fi -fr -fy_NL -ga_IE -gd -gl -gu_IN -he -hi_IN -hr -hu -hy_AM -id -is -it -ja -kk -km -kn -ko -ku -lg -lt -lv -mai -mk -ml -mr -nb_NO -nl -nn_NO -nso -or -pa_IN -pl -pt_BR -pt_PT -rm -ro -ru -si -sk -sl -son -sq -sr -sv_SE -ta -ta_LK -te -th -tr -uk -vi -zh_CN -zh_TW -zu" 81,757 kB
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder if it's no longer a compile option and you have to download and install a dictionary as an add-on?

I am not a fan of this rapid development crap Mozilla has been pulling lately. A year from now, what? Firefox version 526? That flies in the face of what version numbers are supposed to stand for.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can't you simply go to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced and tick the box saying 'check my spelling as I type'?
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

audiodef: Me neither, I was surprised to see how quickly they just blew through all those numbers. I rarely ever see applications get into double digits with version numbers. I wonder that too, it's an area I'll have to do some reading in.

Aquous: I was hoping it would be that simple but upon checking that option, turns out it's enabled despite my lack of a spell checker.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm still having this issue, a couple firefox recompiles/upgrades later. Anyone got any ideas?
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You need to install the dictionaries as addons
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did that and it still doesn't seem to work. It worked for a little while when I first installed it, in some instances. But doesn't seem to ever highlight anything or offer suggestions any more.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just wanted to chime-in that I'm experiencing the same issues with firefox & thunderbird (versions 17.0.2 for both) on two different systems.

From googling around, it looks like maybe it's a widespread issue with upstream?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It wouldn't surprise me, I've long since uninstalled the plugin and given up on this because no matter what I do it doesn't seem to have much of an effect.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually, in fiddling around with Thunderbird, I noticed that while composing a new message, I was able to select English (US) from a drop-down next to the 'Check Spelling' Button. That got inline spellcheck working for t-bird.

1 out of 2 is better than none.

I wonder if the problem is related? Something like, Firefox has the required dictionary installed, but none is selected by default? Hmm...

Also, while I was playing around, I upgraded to Firefox 18.0-r1 ~amd64. No joy, so I'll downgrade back to stable for now, I guess.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Success!

I installed the "dictionary switcher" add-on, and surprise surprise - no default dictionary had been set in Firefox (just like t-bird). Selecting English (US) now allows my browser to remember the difference between spelling, and speeling...

Yay.

For any that want to play along, you'll notice that after installing the add-on (and restarting FF) you'll have to add the control to one of your toolbars, it is called: "spell checker".
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