spell checking plugin fails to work in ubuntu 9.04

Please see http://zim-wiki.org/manual/Plugins/Spell_Checker.html

Dear Sir:
I have mentioned in my original question that I have already tried
installing "python-gnome2-extras" (as proposed in
http://zim-wiki.org/manual/Plugins/Spell_Checker.html) but that does not
solve the problem. This is apparently because the said package does not
contain Python language bindings for this Gtkspell library. I am talking in
respect of ubuntu 9.04 and using the synaptic package manager provided
therein. I repeat that the packages "libgtk2-spell-perl 1.03-3" and
"libgtkspell0 2.0.13-2" are already installed in my system. My question is
how to get the Python language bindings for the Gtkspell library for ubuntu
9.04.

Thank you for the response.

partha

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Try the package python-gnome2-extras, as is described on the linked page.

Hi Partha,

My excuses for not reading your question properly the first time around.

I went over the package list and it seems there is a separate package called "python-gtkspell" in newer versions of Ubuntu. This would be the one you need.

Regards,

Jaap

I had the same "problem" until I discovered a very silly omission on my part:
In the "Tools" menu, I had to select "Check spelling"!

Once I did that, I can see spell check in all its glory: lots of red squiggly underlines on my page!
(I think it could be worth adding to the wiki page -- to select "Tools-->Check spelling", because I kept checking the settings too many times, re-installing the dependencies and so on!)