No way to use language packs of Firefox

[Paul Smith]

On 12/3/06, Ian Malone <ibmalone at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > > I have several language packs installed on Firefox. However, I
> >> cannot
> >> >> > > see how to use them, as, contrary to MS Windows, there is no
> >> language
> >> >> > > entry option in the right-button mouse menu. Any ideas?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Firefox:Edit:Preferences:Advanced:General:Languages:Edit Languages?
> >>
> >> That's the control for the preferred language when negotiating a
> >> page (webservers should be able to deliver multiple versions of
> >> a URL according to the users preferred language).
> >>
> >> >> Thanks, Zoltan. Tried that, but no change in the right-button mouse
> >> menu.
> >> >
> >> > Do others experience the same thing?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Is it possible you want Firefox 2.0's spell-check feature?
> >
> > Yes, I do want a spell-check feature.
> >
>
> Firefox 1.5 (the version you get with Fedora) doesn't have
> this as standard, you may be able to find an extension that
> does it.  The Firefox 2.0 binary from Mozilla does have its
> own spell-check, and with English GB and French dictionaries
> installed I can see a language select on the right click
> menu when "spell check this field" is ticked.

Thanks, Ian. In fact, I saw the spell-checker feature on Firefox 2.0,
running on a MS Windows machine.

And many people here claim that Firefox 2.0 and Firefox 1.5 are almost
the same thing... In my opinion, it is time to release the Fedora rpm
for Firefox 2.0.

Paul