Comment 20 for bug 997934
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(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> I can't speak for the original reporter of this bug on Fedora, but I think
> in my case this is partly user error.
>
> I did some more research (that is, I actually RTFM) and the problem is that
> no dictionary is present for the default language, i.e. English (Australia).
>
> By reading the manual, I discovered that a peculiar tick symbol having the
> letters ABC would indicate the presence of a dictionary. This appears to be
> a user interface failure. I doubt that any readily understood symbol conveys
> "no dictionary present" so why not just put the words there instead?
This is absolutely right. I did not realise that the appropriate dictionary was not installed. I found the appropriate language package on the Fedora repos (I don't remember what it was called) and was able to install it. The spellcheck worked well after that. But I do agree - at the very least, when the spellcheck is run with a language that has no spellcheck dictionary, I think it should return and say "no dictionary installed" rather than just "spellcheck complete".