This is a composite reply to save on bandwidth. Thanks to all who are offering advice or suggestions. In spite of much experimenting, I am still unable to get spell checking working in version2.0. Like others on the list, I get the message that the spelling check has been completed. So it looks as though it is not finding the dictionary. Ben, I have installed all the files you mentioned: aspell-0.50.2-78 aspell-devel-0.50.2-78 aspell-en-0.51.0-60 gnome-spell-1.0.4-SuSE.ulb.1 gtkspell-2.0.4-SuSE.ulb.1 gtkspell-devel-2.0.4-SuSE.ulb.1 ispell-3.2.06-266 ispell-american-3.2.06-266 ispell-british-3.2.06-266 mozilla-spellchecker-1.4-SuSE.ulb.1 James, I then installed the aspell-en dictionary from your site to try that instead of the one listed above . Jalal, you asked if we had either of the directories:
/usr/share/enchant/ispell/ or ~/.enchant/ispell/ No! I only have: /usr/lib/enchant /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant-aspell.so.1 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant-ispell.so.1 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant-myspell.so.1 /usr/lib/libenchant.so.1.0.0 if it is of any help.
I have uninstalled version2 and replaced it with 1.99.6, and the spell checking works. As Enchant is used in version2 and not in version1.99.6, has made me wonder if that is causing the problem. But I may be wrong. Cheers Keith