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Speller for Thunderbird 1.5-2.0 - Installation Instructions

Fri, 28/11/2008 - 15:45 — webmaster

Installation Instructions

  • Make sure that Thunderbird is not running.
  • Locate the installation folder of Thunderberd (henceforth %THUNDERBIRD_HOME%). At Windows, this folder's path is C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird.
  • At Windows, locate the file myspell.dll in the folder %THUNDERBIRD_HOME%\components and rename it to myspell.dll.bak. At Linux, locate the file libmyspell.so in the folder %THUNDERBIRD_HOME%/components and rename it to libmyspell.so.bak.
  • Depending on your system, download the compressed archive of Thunderbird Speller for Windows or Thunderbird Speller for Linux.
  • Unzip the archive you just downloaded in the folder %THUNDERBIRD_HOME%/components.
  • Start Thunderbird and select File > New > Message. In the body of the new message type-in some misspelled Greek and English words. Thunderbird flags the misspelled words with red underline. By right-clicking on a flagged word you can see the suggestions of Neurolingo's Speller.

De-installation Instructions

  • Make sure that Thunderbird is not running.
  • At Windows, locate the files myspell.dll, nlspell.dll and nldicts.lex in the folder %THUNDERBIRD_HOME%\components and delete them. At Linux, locate the files libmyspell.so, nlspell.so and nldicts.lex in the folder %THUNDERBIRD_HOME%/components and delete them.
  • Recover the old spelling engine. At Windows, locate the file myspell.dll.bak in the folder %THUNDERBIRD_HOME%\components and rename it to myspell.dll. At Linux, locate the file libmyspell.so.bak in the folder %THUNDERBIRD_HOME%/components and rename it to libmyspell.so.