DSpellCheck does not check new text

[lucatrv]

I have Notepad++ v7.8.5 on Windows 7, but this has been happening for a while already (maybe for about 1 year or more, while previously I did not have this issue).

Although I keep "Spell Check Document Automatically" enabled, when I write new text it is not checked. To check all text I need to disable and then re-enable it. When I open a file all text is spell checked.

I have configured multiple languages for DSpellCheck (English USA and Italian), but I do not think this affects the issue because it happens no matter which language I select.

[Predelnik]

Hello, sorry for late reply. If it won't be hard can you check if it depends on the version of the plugin, for example you may check quite old versions like 1.3.5

The whole list of available versions is here: https://github.com/Predelnik/DSpellCheck/releases

I have not encountered that problem before but it might be that somehow timer is not working correctly since spell-checking is timer based. Also can you share your settings file from %appdata%/Notepad++/plugins/config/DSpellCheck.ini if it won't be hard. Also removing this file reset settings to default which might also provide help in some cases (but plz post here its contents before trying that :) )

[lucatrv]

I have version 1.4.6.0 installed (I guess it's the one coming with Notepad++ v7.8.5). Here is my %APPDATA%\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config\DSpellCheck.ini file content:

[SpellCheck]
Hunspell_Multiple_Languages=en_US|it_IT
Hunspell_Language=<MULTIPLE>

I don't see anything strange...

[Predelnik]

Oh wait it's pretty obvious then , sorry I somehow forgot about it. Due to changes which happen in Notepad++ 7.7 you need to update plugin at least to the version 1.4.13. Unfortunately it was the time when basically interface between plugin and N++ changed and it's out of my control. So the picture is the following:

• DSpellCheck before 1.4.13 works with Notepad++ before version 7.7 only.
• DSpellCheck with version 1.4.13+ works with Notepad++ 7.7+.

I would recommend to update it to newest version which is 1.4.15

[lucatrv]

I now updated it and... it works, thanks!! Sorry but I thought that new plugin versions were automatically delivered with each Notepad++ updates. If this is not the case, do I always need to check for new plugin updates manually?...

[Predelnik]

There is a plugins admin item in Notepad++ plugins menu which lets you found relevant updates and download them faster but as far as I can tell it doesn't support auto-updating currently. I can only help that it would be improved to include it.

Previous plugin system delivery (namely Plugin Manager plugin) had that feature, so there was a bit of regression in that department unfortunately.

[lucatrv]

OK thanks, maybe that's why I never had this kind of issues before. However since DSpellCheck is installed by default by Notepad++, I would have expected with each Notepad++ update to also get an updated version of DSpellCheck (if not the latest one, at least one compatible with the updated version of Notepad++). See notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus#8084

[Predelnik]

Unfortunately it was installed by default and now it's no longer true, but I understand that the current situation is far from the best, my only hope is that plugin admin will finally receive auto-update function at some point.