From: <dat...@us...> - 2006-08-01 19:34:53
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Revision: 16608 Author: datallah Date: 2006-08-01 12:34:43 -0700 (Tue, 01 Aug 2006) ViewCVS: http://svn.sourceforge.net/gaim/?rev=16608&view=rev Log Message: ----------- Updated instructions for using spell-checking when running gaim from a USB drive. Modified Paths: -------------- web/htdocs/win32/index.php Modified: web/htdocs/win32/index.php =================================================================== --- web/htdocs/win32/index.php 2006-08-01 17:39:47 UTC (rev 16607) +++ web/htdocs/win32/index.php 2006-08-01 19:34:43 UTC (rev 16608) @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ <li><a href="#bugs">Major Windows Gaim Bugs & Workarounds</a></li> <li><a href="#wingtk">Standalone GTK+ Installer</a></li> <li><a href="#autoinst">Unattended Installations</a></li> -<li><a href="#spelling">Windows Gaim Spell Checking</a></li> +<li><a href="#spelling">Windows Gaim Spell-checking</a></li> <li><a href="#perl">Perl Plugin Support</a></li> <li><a href="#tcl">TCL Plugin Support</a></li> <li><a href="#debug">Windows Gaim Crash Reporting - Howto</a></li> @@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ gaim-<?php print $current_win32_version; ?>-no-gtk.exe /L=1033 /S /D=C:\Gaim</code></pre> <p>The GTK+ installer has two silent states. One with message boxes: <code>/S</code>, and one without: <code>/S /NOUI</code>. The reason for this is that the installer was made to run from within the Gaim installer where you would expect to see message boxes for errors.</p> -<h2 id="spelling">Gaim Spell Checking</h2> +<h2 id="spelling">Gaim Spell-checking</h2> <h3>Aspell and Aspell dictionary installers</h3> -<p>I will no longer support the aspell and aspell dict installers that I had previously posted here. From now on, Gaim will use the win32 aspell distribution from <a href="http://aspell.net/win32">aspell.net/win32</a>. To make use of Win Gaim's spell check feature you will need to download and install the aspell installer and at least one language dictionary. If you choose not to install Aspell, Gaim will still work. Gaim will also work with Aspell from previous Gaim installations.</p> -<p>Note: Don't forget to turn on spell checking in preferences.</p> +<p>I will no longer support the aspell and aspell dict installers that I had previously posted here. From now on, Gaim will use the win32 aspell distribution from <a href="http://aspell.net/win32">aspell.net/win32</a>. To make use of Win Gaim's spell-checking feature you will need to download and install the aspell installer and at least one language dictionary. If you choose not to install Aspell, Gaim will still work. Gaim will also work with Aspell from previous Gaim installations.</p> +<p>Note: Don't forget to turn on "Highlight misspelled words" in the preferences.</p> <h2 id="perl">Perl Plugin Support</h2> <p>To enable Perl Plugins in Win Gaim, you need to download and install <a href="http://www.activestate.com/Products/Language_Distributions/">ActivePerl</a> 5.8, before installing Gaim (v0.69 and higher). If Gaim complains about not finding <code>perl58.dll</code>, add the Perl bin dirctory to your <code>PATH</code>.</p> @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ <p>The way that this is set up, other GTK+ applications can use the same GTK+ runtime.</p> <p>Caveats</p> <ul> - <li>SpellChecking doesn't work yet, it requires some minor changes that aren't in a released version of Gaim yet.</li> + <li>Spell-checking requires 2.0.0 beta3 or newer.</li> </ul> <h3>How to setup your USB-Drive Gaim</h3> <ul> @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ <li>Copy the whole <code>pixmaps</code> and <code>sounds</code> directories.</li> <li>Create a <code>U:\Programs\Gaim\plugins</code> directory and copy the contents of the installed <code>Gaim\plugins</code> directory into it excluding <code>perl.dll</code>, <code>tcl.dll</code>.</li> <li>If you want to use a language other than en_US, create a <code>U:\Programs\Gaim\locale</code> directory and copy any language directories that you want from your installed <code>Gaim\locale</code> directory.</li> - <li>Copy the contents of your root installed Gaim directory except <code>gaim.exe</code>, <code>gaim-uninst.exe</code>, and if you don't want spellchecking support, <code>libgtkspell.dll</code>.</li> + <li>Copy the contents of your root installed Gaim directory except <code>gaim.exe</code>, <code>gaim-uninst.exe</code>, and if you don't want spell-checking support, <code>libgtkspell.dll</code>.</li> <li>Download <a href="gaim-portable.exe">gaim-portable.exe</a> and put it in <code>U:\Programs\Gaim</code>. The file uses the same source as the standard <code>gaim.exe</code> from versions 2.0.0 and newer, the difference being that when it was compiled <code>PORTABLE</code> was defined which causes some of the initialization to be done differently.</li> </ul> </li> @@ -184,5 +184,12 @@ <li>If you want to use a language other than en_US, create a <code>U:\Programs\GTK\lib\locale</code> directory and copy any language directories that you want from your installed GTK+ runtime's <code>lib\locale</code> directory.</li> </ul> </li> + <li>If you want spell-checking support, you will also need to create a minimal ASpell runtime installation from your ASpell installation. + <ul> + <li>Create a <code>U:\Programs\Aspell</code> directory with a <code>bin</code> subdirectory.</li> + <li>Copy <code>aspell-15.dll</code> into your ASpell <code>bin</code> directory.</li> + <li>Copy the <code>data</code> and <code>dict</code> subdirectories into <code>U:\Programs\Aspell</code>.</li> + </ul> + </li> <li>You are done! Running <code>U:\Programs\Gaim\gaim-portable.exe</code> will cause gaim to run off the USB Drive, saving the settings, logs and etc. to <code>U:\Programs\.gaim</code>.</li> </ul> This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development platform, the world's largest Open Source development site. |