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[Aaron Wells <1212541@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

See https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-38867

The TinyMCE spellcheck plugin in Mahara by default uses the local aspell
program (if it's present at /usr/bin/aspell, or $cfg->pathtoaspell). If
that's not present, it attempts to use the GoogleSpell spellcheck
engine, which was based on a non-public Google API that was discontinued
in the second quarter of 2013.

We should follow suit with whatever approach Moodle decided on to deal
with this.

I'm not sure how many places will be affected by this. Those running
their sites on Linux will have /usr/bin/aspell present. It may be absent
or inaccessible for places running on shared hosting, though.

For affected sites, a workaround would be to remove the spellcheck
button from your TinyMCE by removing the word "spellchecker" from the
list stored in the $adv_buttons variable in the smarty() function in
htdocs/lib/web.php

** Affects: mahara
     Importance: Low
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: spellcheck tinymce

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Title:
  GoogleSpell has been discontinued -- remove it from TinyMCE
  spellchecker

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  See https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-38867

  The TinyMCE spellcheck plugin in Mahara by default uses the local
  aspell program (if it's present at /usr/bin/aspell, or
  $cfg->pathtoaspell). If that's not present, it attempts to use the
  GoogleSpell spellcheck engine, which was based on a non-public Google
  API that was discontinued in the second quarter of 2013.

  We should follow suit with whatever approach Moodle decided on to deal
  with this.

  I'm not sure how many places will be affected by this. Those running
  their sites on Linux will have /usr/bin/aspell present. It may be
  absent or inaccessible for places running on shared hosting, though.

  For affected sites, a workaround would be to remove the spellcheck
  button from your TinyMCE by removing the word "spellchecker" from the
  list stored in the $adv_buttons variable in the smarty() function in
  htdocs/lib/web.php

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