gedit English (United States) spell checker doesn't accept several contracted words by default

Bug #885007 reported by DrKay
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gtkspell (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

To reproduce bug:

1. Open gedit
2. In the menu, select Tools -> Set Language -> English (United States)
2. Type the words "doesn't", and "I've", and "shouldn't".
3. In the menu, select Tools -> Highlight Misspelled Words. Note that the words "doesn't", "I've", and "shouldn't" are highlighted as misspelled.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gedit 3.2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 1 16:48:51 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-17 (15 days ago)

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DrKay (dr-jameskay) wrote :
description: updated
DrKay (dr-jameskay)
summary: - gedit English (United States) spell checker doesn't know the word
- doesn't by default
+ gedit English (United States) spell checker doesn't accept the
+ contractions "doesn't" or "I've" by default
description: updated
DrKay (dr-jameskay)
summary: - gedit English (United States) spell checker doesn't accept the
- contractions "doesn't" or "I've" by default
+ gedit English (United States) spell checker doesn't accept several
+ contracted words by default
description: updated
affects: gedit (Ubuntu) → gtkspell (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gtkspell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Pander (pander) wrote :

Is this problem still occurring? Otherwise, please close this bug.

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