Feature #5962

Set default dictionary according to locale in the browser

Added by Tails 2013-07-18 07:48:44 . Updated 2019-03-23 15:48:22 .

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Low
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Category:
Internationalization
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% Done:

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Type of work:
Code
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Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Browser
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Description

The fix for fix default iceweasel spelling language (Feature #5371) (using the amnesia branding extension so that it sets the preferred dictionary according to the current locale) does not really work that well. For most languages we testing on 0.17~rc1, no dictionary was selected by default. English had one, though.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #9021: Consider including more dictionaries Rejected 2015-03-06
Related to Tails - Feature #10272: Test that the default spellcheck language matches the language selected at the greeter Rejected 2015-09-26
Related to Tails - Feature #15807: Define & apply clear criteria for including dictionaries, fonts and language packs Resolved 2018-08-18
Related to Tails - Bug #16571: Tor Browser does not list spell checker dictionaries installed via APT In Progress 2019-03-18
Has duplicate Tails - Bug #6587: Iceweasel spelling dictionnary sould be localized for all languages supportedg Duplicate 2014-01-09

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2013-10-04 05:14:16

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • Type of work changed from Test to Code
  • Starter set to No

In some pre-0.21 dev snapshot: German, French, Spanish and Italian have the right dictionary selected. Stopping my tests here, and calling it resolved.

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-11 03:52:38

  • Status changed from Resolved to Confirmed

In 0.22 tentative ISO, it works for Spanish, French and Portuguese; but it doesn’t work in “most” (?) languages including English. Reopening.

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-11 03:54:25

  • Subject changed from select localized spelling dictionary in Iceweasel to Select localized spelling dictionary in Iceweasel

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-11 03:54:38

  • Category set to 176

#5 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-07 17:38:26

  • Priority changed from Normal to Low

#6 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-07 17:41:59

Testing in 0.23, doesn’t work for Spanish. Seems like this degrades over time…

#7 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-07 20:01:02

  • Subject changed from Select localized spelling dictionary in Iceweasel to Set default dictionary according to locale in the browser

#8 Updated by BitingBird 2014-07-01 13:00:34

  • has duplicate Bug #6587: Iceweasel spelling dictionnary sould be localized for all languages supportedg added

#9 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-07 17:11:41

  • Category set to Internationalization

#10 Updated by BitingBird 2015-03-14 13:38:07

  • related to Feature #9021: Consider including more dictionaries added

#11 Updated by kytv 2015-09-26 06:51:25

  • blocks Feature #10272: Test that the default spellcheck language matches the language selected at the greeter added

#12 Updated by intrigeri 2016-08-01 06:48:19

  • blocked by deleted (Feature #10272: Test that the default spellcheck language matches the language selected at the greeter)

#13 Updated by intrigeri 2016-08-01 06:48:35

  • related to Feature #10272: Test that the default spellcheck language matches the language selected at the greeter added

#14 Updated by intrigeri 2018-07-03 17:25:35

Note that Firefox (and thus Tor Browser) seems to use the language of the web page to set the dictionary: for example, on our website, when editing a blueprints it will always set the spellchecking language to English by default, regardless of the locale. I suspect this explains a great lot of the conflicting reports seen above.

#15 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-19 08:50:35

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

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

  • related to Bug #16571: Tor Browser does not list spell checker dictionaries installed via APT added

#17 Updated by intrigeri 2019-03-23 15:48:22

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Rejected

intrigeri wrote:
> Note that Firefox (and thus Tor Browser) seems to use the language of the web page to set the dictionary: for example, on our website, when editing a blueprints it will always set the spellchecking language to English by default, regardless of the locale.

This seems to be the intended and desired behavior to me ⇒ rejected as “it’s a feature, not a bug”. If someone strongly disagrees, I think this would be better addressed upstream.