[KLUG Members] Evolution 1.0 is here!

[Bruce Smith]

> > Evolution has possibilities as an email client, if it only
> > came with a working spell checker!
> > Any experience with the "unstable" gnome-spell module?
> 
> You'd figure there would be a simple tie-in to the ispell program.  Most
> other programs just do that.

According to the Evolution FAQ:

Q.: Some word processors and other email clients have the ability to
    automatically spell check words as I type them. Can Evolution do
this?

A.: Yes. The Evolution composer is able to highlight mis-spelled word on
    the fly as you type them, and also give you suggestions for possible
    corrections. In order for this to work you need the gnome-spell
    component, which is not shipped with Ximian GNOME yet.

    If you are brave enough, you can check out module gnome-spell from
the
    GNOME CVS and compile it yourself. Check out its README file for a
list
    of gnome-spell's requirements for compilation.

    Note that you don't need to recompile Evolution after installing
    gnome-spell; it will be picked up automatically.

Being too lazy to download CVS and fight with compiling gnome-spell,
I went out searching for RPM's.  At rpmfind.net, I found a Mandrake
one:  gnome-spell-0.4-2mdk.i586.rpm  which I installed under Redhat 
7.2 with the "--nodeps" option.  Restarted Evolution, and it seems 
to work!!! [knock wood]

It's a simple interface to aspell, but that's all I really need.

Maybe this Evolution thing will be usable after all!   :-)

> > Someday I'll find a decent email client that is all of these:
> > 3)  Secure-IMAP support (w/folders).  ("secure" eliminates many)
> 
> Does Evolution?  In the worst case, SSH!

Yes!  The first connect it gave me some crap about my mail server's
certificate not being valid (it IS valid and signed by Thawte), so
I told it to accept anyway, and it's worked without complaining 
ever since! 

> > 4)  Has a spell checker.  (eliminates Mozilla)
> 
> Again, that ispell thingie seems none-to-difficult to wrap around.

I really wish Mozilla would get with it.  I check every release
for a spell checker, and nothing so far . . .   :-(

> > 5)  Fast.  (eliminates Netscape 6.2)
> 
> So much for switching to Netscape 6.2 for me (currently using 4.78). 

It's even sluggish on a 1.4G Athlon!

It is nicer, if you can get used to it's snail-ware speed.

> > 6)  Is NOT bloated by being bundled with a browser (Netscape).
> 
> Yeah, I hear you.
> 
> > Is that really asking too much???   :-(
> 
> Yep, way too much.  ;-PPP

Apparently!   :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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