Open Abiword with no file loaded;
On the Edit -> Preferences -> Spell checking tab, deselect ‘Check spelling as you type’ (and maybe the grammar check too);
Open a suitable .doc file (or other type, I didn’t check);
Run a manual spell check, the application should run this without closing;
Recheck the boxes in Prefs -> Spell checking;
Restest the app.
Well that seemed to work for me!
(Amazing how little testing these Linux apps get these days)
I still have this issue, I have uninstalled and reinstalled, and tried Ruby’s workaround, any hints anyone?
I open Abiword, open a document (same with .abi, .txt and .rtf) it crashes, saving a backup copy.
It does not seem to crash with in-line spell check “OFF”, and the spell check works when invoked manually in this mode, so a dictionary IS available and works. However, checking the option for in-line spell check, and the fault re-occurs…
stephen@home:~> abiword --verbose=1
(abiword:5576): libglade-WARNING **: Could not load support for `gnome’: unknown dl-error
As there was no traffic here, and the problem was still not resolved, I decided to uninstall Abiword…
But when in Yast I tried cilcking update instead, although now newer versions were showing (this is not the first time I have done this).
The problem seems now to have been solved.