diff -r 3d87cd80cd45 -r 62d6f565f740 eric7/EricWidgets/EricSpellCheckedTextEdit.py
--- a/eric7/EricWidgets/EricSpellCheckedTextEdit.py Sun Apr 10 12:50:18 2022 +0200
+++ b/eric7/EricWidgets/EricSpellCheckedTextEdit.py Sun Apr 10 12:50:49 2022 +0200
@@ -410,9 +410,18 @@
@param pel file name of the personal exclude list
@type str
"""
- self.__highlighter.setDict(
- enchant.DictWithPWL(language, pwl, pel)
- )
+ try:
+ spellDict = enchant.DictWithPWL(language, pwl, pel)
+ except DictNotFoundError:
+ try:
+ # Use English dictionary if a dictionary for the given
+ # language is not available.
+ spellDict = enchant.DictWithPWL("en", pwl, pel)
+ except DictNotFoundError:
+ # Still no dictionary could be found. Forget about spell
+ # checking.
+ spellDict = None
+ self.__highlighter.setDict(spellDict)
@classmethod
def setDefaultLanguage(cls, language, pwl=None, pel=None):
