[Debian-hebrew-common] Re: [Debian-hebrew-package] Bug#418430: mixed hebrew/english spell checking is needed

[kobi zamir]

> Why can't this be done by simply calling the right program in kmail?

kmail use old kde3 speller that is hard coded to use "hspell" const
string as name for a Hebrew speller. When they will move to kde4, this
problem will not exist anymore, and multi lingual spelling will not be
possible :-( at all. multispell is the only utility I know of that do
multi lingual spelling.

> IMO it is an issue with kmail calling the wrong program for you rather
> than a need for using hspell through an alternatives mechanism.

IMO using hspell throw the alternatives mechanism is harmless to most
users. It can help other users to take advantage of the unique
multispell utility automatically, any user in their system will get
multispell automatically when invoking hspell.

Kobi