Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 15786
Application crash when executing Backwords Spell Check
Last modified: 2004-05-19 16:13:26 UTC
Recreated steps: 1. Launch an application, for example Text Document, and new a document 2. Input some words that don't be recognized by OpenOffice.org dictionary. For example: Wdl Wdl Wdl Wdl 3. Press F7, then spellcheck dialog appears 4. Make sure the 'Backwords' check box is selected 5. Click 'Always Replace' button 6. Select Yes button when a dialog pops up and ask you 'Contine checking at end of document?' Then the application crashes.
Doesn't crash on my system.
Actually, the phenomena is that application is hung out; you have to kill the process to exit the application. The issue is reproduced. Please following the steps strictly. The key point here is that you have to make sure the text you input can't be recognized by OOo's dictionary, so that the spell check dialog can pop up for you to select 'Backwards' to do 'always Replace'.
On my XP system, this doesn't cause it (Writer) to crash, however, while trying to reproduce it again I noticed some flakey behavior on my system as well, indicating the same thing. Following the same steps, after I check the backwards button and always replace, the spelling checker ceases to catch any of the mispelled words. If I start a new document, spell checker still isn't working. If I exit Writer and restart Writer, spell checker is still not working if if OOo quickstarter is loaded up in tray. Only if I stop Writer and quickstarter and reload does spellchecker work again. So yes, I'd guess spellchecker is crashing, but on my system it isn't hanging anything, and the rest of Writer continues to work. PS: Have you been receiving any mail from OpenOffice.org mailing list/issuzilla the last few days? I have several accounts, and none of them are recieiving anything.
I can confim Maxkennedy's misbehavior report on Linux. Something's very fishy with the spellchecker.
Reassigned to Michael.
MRU->TL: It's a very strange way to get the spellchecker looped. Only when having words without replacment proposal and "always replace" while spellchecking "backwords". Thus it is target OO 2.0 Also changed the Component to framework, because problem also occurs in OO Calc.
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SBA->TL: Too easy to run into this. Target not changed. Internal developer note removed.
With the new spellcheck dialog the problem should be solved. See #i20881#. TL->SBA: Please check and close this one.
Set to won't fix.
SBA: Closed.