Spell Checker Plugin
The Spell Checker plugin checks the spelling in the selected text. You can configure gedit to check the spelling automatically, or you can check the spelling manually, in the specified language. The language setting, and the autocheck spelling properties, apply per document. To use the Spell checker plugin, perform the following steps:
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Choose Set language dialog. Select the appropriate language from the list. Click to close the Set language dialog.
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To check the spelling automatically, choose gedit starts.
. To unset the automatic spell check, choose again. When automatic spell checking is set, an icon is displayed beside the menu item. Automatic spell checking is unset by default, each timeUnknown spellings are displayed in a different color, and underlined. Right-click on an unknown spelling, then select
from the popup menu:- To replace the unknown spelling with another spelling in the list, select the replacement spelling from the popup menu.
- To add the unknown spelling to your personal dictionary, select .
- To ignore all occurrences of the unknown spelling, so that they are no longer flagged as unknown but are not added to your personal dictionary, select gedit session only. . The unknown word is ignored in the current
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To check the spelling manually, choose
.If there are no spelling errors, an Information dialog displays a message stating that the document does not contain misspelled words. Click to close the Information dialog.
If there are spelling errors, the Check Spelling dialog is displayed:
- The Misspelled word is displayed at the top of the dialog.
- A suggested known spelling is displayed in the Change to text box. You can replace this with another known spelling by selecting a spelling from the Suggestions list, or you can enter text directly into the Change to text box.
- To check the spelling of the text in the Change to text box, click . If this is a known word, the Suggestions list is replaced with the text (correct spelling). If the word is not known, new entries appear in the Suggestions list.
- To ignore the current occurrence of the unknown word, click gedit session only. . To ignore all occurrences of the unknown word, click . The unknown word is ignored in the current
- To change the current occurrence of the unknown word to the text in the Change to text box, click . To change all occurrences of the unknown word to the text in the Change to text box, click .
- To add the unknown word to your personal dictionary, click .
- To close the Check Spelling dialog, click .