[Updated] TinyMCE spellchecker plugin with enchant library

Published on April 25, 2008 in Uncategorized. 9 Comments

TinyMCE (my favourite WYSIWYG editor) comes with a very nice spellchecker plugin. As the supported spellchecking engines were not powerful enough for my needs, I decided to modify the plugin so it supports the enchant library and thus a large number of spellchecking engines.

You can download the EnchantSpell class here. Using it is quite simple:

  1. Install Enchant and a spellchecking engine of your choice. I prefer Hunspell. (see this post for a guide on how to install the newest versions on Ubuntu 8.4)
  2. Install TinyMCE and the TinyMCE Spellchecker (both available here)
  3. Unpack EnchantSpell.php to tiny_mce/plugins/spellchecker/classes
  4. Add $config['general.engine']='EnchantSpell'; to tiny_mce/plugins/spellchecker/config.php

That’s it. Have fun :-)

[Update: The class is now included in the official release. So there is no need to download it separately anymore.]

9 Responses to “[Updated] TinyMCE spellchecker plugin with enchant library”

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  • Palak Shah
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    I was trying to do by following the steps you mentioned. But I get No Response error with Enchant. and if I use PSPShell in config file I cannot get misspelled words.

    Do I need to build Hunspell? Can you explain steps in detail? Though your information has made me confirmed for making spellchecker in native language using hunspell.

    Thanking you.

    Regards,
    Palak Shah

  • michel
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    Hi. Installing Hunspell and Enchant is described in another post here: http://michel.weimerskirch.net/2008/04/25/php-enchant/

  • Palak Shah
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    Thank you michel.

    I have followed the link you suggested and did all installs in debian.

    I cannot find config.php file in debian and example.html is not showing menus above editor. Whereas I can see all files and structure as expected and can see menu in windows. I can run iespell as well.

    Can you advise regarding the problem or where am I wrong?

    Regards,
    Palak Shah

  • michel
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    You need to install the TinyMCE Spellchecker plugin separately. It is available on the TinyMCE download page. The link is in step 2 of the above description.

  • Palak
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    Done Michel!!! :)

    Thank you. Sorry I tested late coz of Diwali vacation.

    Regards,
    Palak Shah

  • Palak
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    Hi Michel,

    When I don’t have suggestions for wrong spelling on right click I can see please wait… for a while and then nothing is coming up. I think there should be Ignore word and Ignore All.

    Is there problem in editor or I have spoiled? I tried searching on net and tinymce forums for this.

    Regards,
    Palak Shah

  • michel
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    Hi

    Thank you. I reported this in the TinyMCE bug tracker: https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2271589&group_id=103281&atid=635682

    A solution is included as well. Please add a comment to the bug tracking system if the problem remains. This way other people also benefit from the solution.

    Regards,
    Michel

  • Palak
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    It is working. Ok Michel we can also add a functionality like add word to dictionary(user side) when we can’t find in our dictionary.

    I had that implementation for my desktop application. But here it is bit confusing. Can you give your suggestions on that.

    Regards,
    Palak Shah

  • Zodilla
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    Hi,

    I am trying to run spellchecker on RedHat Express. I could do in English but not in any other language.
    What might be a problem?

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