Bug #16571

Tor Browser does not list spell checker dictionaries installed via APT

Added by intrigeri 2019-03-18 13:44:47 . Updated 2019-03-18 16:16:14 .

Status:
In Progress
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Internationalization
Target version:
Start date:
2019-03-18
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Type of work:
Code
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Affected tool:
Browser
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Description

I’ve installed hunspell-ca and tried to use it in Tor Browser in Tails 3.12.1 and it’s not on the list of languages available in the right click menu. sajolida raised this issue initially; he says it works fine in Thunderbird.

This makes Additional Software less valuable and makes it harder for us to decide things on Feature #15807 and Feature #15291.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #15807: Define & apply clear criteria for including dictionaries, fonts and language packs Resolved 2018-08-18
Related to Tails - Feature #15291: Remove less popular packages that users could install themselves Resolved 2018-04-17
Related to Tails - Feature #5962: Set default dictionary according to locale in the browser Rejected

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2019-03-18 13:45:05

  • related to Feature #15807: Define & apply clear criteria for including dictionaries, fonts and language packs added

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2019-03-18 13:45:08

  • related to Feature #15291: Remove less popular packages that users could install themselves added

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2019-03-18 13:45:57

  • related to Feature #5962: Set default dictionary according to locale in the browser added

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2019-03-18 14:38:22

https://gitlab.com/Tails/tails/blob/master/config/chroot_local-hooks/10-tbb#L65 currently does this:

    # Enable our myspell/hunspell dictionaries. TBB only provides the
    # one for en-US, but Debian's seems more comprehensive, so we'll
    # only use Debian's dictionaries.
    rm -f "${prep}"/dictionaries/*
    for f in /usr/share/hunspell/*.aff /usr/share/hunspell/*.dic; do
        ln -s "${f}" "${prep}"/dictionaries/
    done

… which explains why additional dictionaries installed by users are not available in Tor Browser.

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2019-03-18 14:38:30

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2019-03-18 14:38:33

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2019-03-18 16:16:14

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

Applied in changeset commit:tails|f5391c2bba439fb0e083c5eceff818e376965028.