Qownnotes: [F] Make spell checking work on snap version

[tonyarnold99]

Expected behaviour

Spell checking has been recently added to QOwnNotes, however, this is not working on the snap version. I would expect that when spell checking is enabled, that misspelt words are highlighted.

Actual behaviour

When starting QOwnNotes from command line, several warnings are issued saying cannot find dictionaries:

Warning: "Object path cannot be empty" ((null):0, (null))
Warning: No language dictionaries for the language: "en_GB" ((null):0, (null))
Warning: No language dictionaries for the language: "en_GB" ((null):0, (null))
Warning: No language dictionaries for the language: "en_GB" ((null):0, (null))
Warning: No language dictionaries for the language: "en_GB" ((null):0, (null))
Warning: No language dictionaries for the language: "en_GB" ((null):0, (null))
Warning: No language dictionaries for the language: "en_GB" ((null):0, (null))
Warning: No language dictionaries for the language: "en_GB" ((null):0, (null))
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
Info: "QOwnNotes server listening on port 22222" ((null):0, (null))

and no spell checking is performed.

Steps to reproduce

On Ubuntu 19.10
Install QOwnNotes snap (snap install qownnotes)
Install hunspell-en-gb package (sudo apt install hunspell-en-gb)
Copy all files from /usr/share/hunspell/* to ~/.local/share/hunspell as advised in issue #125
Run from command line
Note warnings
In app make sure spell checking is enabled
Note lack of high lighting of misspelt words

Relevant log output in the Log panel

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Information about the application, settings and environment

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QOwnNotes Debug Information

General Info

Current Date: Fri Nov 1 12:32:28 2019
Version: 19.11.1
Build date: Nov 1 2019
Build number: 606
Platform: linux
Operating System: Ubuntu Core 16
Build architecture: x86_64
Current architecture: x86_64
Release: Snapcraft
Qt Version (build): 5.5.1
Qt Version (runtime): 5.5.1
Portable mode: no
Settings path / key: /home/tony/snap/qownnotes/3207/.config/PBE/QOwnNotes.conf
Application database path: /home/tony/snap/qownnotes/3207/.local/share/PBE/QOwnNotes/QOwnNotes.sqlite
Application arguments: /snap/qownnotes/3207/usr/bin/QOwnNotes, -style=Fusion, --snap
Qt Debug: 0
Locale (system): en_GB
Locale (interface): empty
Icon theme: Adwaita
Notes in current note folder: 186
Calendar items: 4
Enabled scripts: 0

Server Info

serverUrl: https://tonyarnold.owncube.com
appIsValid: yes
notesPathExists: yes
serverVersion: 15.0.5.3
appVersion: empty

Note folders

currentNoteFolderId: 1

Note folder default

id: 1
isCurrent: yes
activeTagId: -2
localPath: /home/tony/Nextcloud/Notes
remotePath: Notes
cloudConnectionId: 1
isShowSubfolders: yes
isUseGit: no
activeNoteSubFolder name: empty
database file: /home/tony/Nextcloud/Notes/notes.sqlite

Cloud connections

Cloud connection Default

id: 1
isCurrent: yes
serverUrl: https://tonyarnold.owncube.com
username: me

Enabled scripts

Settings

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Editor/editorWidthInDFMOnly (QString): true
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Editor/vimMode (QString): false
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LastUpdateCheck (QDateTime): 2019-11-01T12:13:14
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LogWidget/scriptingLog (bool): true
LogWidget/statusLog (bool): true
LogWidget/warningLog (bool): true
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MainWindow/noteTextView.rtl (QString): false
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MainWindow/showNotesFromAllNoteSubFolders (bool): true
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StartHidden (QString): true
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allowOnlyOneAppInstance (QString): true
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appMetrics/disableTracking (QString): false
appMetrics/notificationShown (QString): true
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cryptoKey (QString): <hidden>
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currentWorkspace (QString): initial
cursorWidth (QString): 1
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darkMode (QString): false
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guiFirstRunInit (bool): true
ignoreAllExternalModifications (QString): true
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notifyAllExternalModifications (QString): false
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ownCloudInfo/appIsValid (bool): true
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ownCloudInfo/notesPathExistsText (QString): yes
ownCloudInfo/serverVersion (QString): 15.0.5.3
restoreCursorPosition (QString): true
savedSearches/noteFolder-1 (QString): Note 2019-11-01T10.51.33
showMatches (QString): true
showMenuBar (bool): true
showStatusBar (bool): true
spellCheckLanguage (QString): auto
systemIconTheme (QString): false
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workspace-initial/noteSubFolderDockWidgetVisible (QString): true
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workspaces (QString): initial

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[pbek]

fyi, @Waqar144

[pbek]

@Waqar144, maybe the ~ doesn't get resolved, there is QDir::homePath() for that. Plus snaps also have their own home-directory. I usually do a path.remove(QRegularExpression(R"(snap\/qownnotes\/\w\d+\/)")); to cut out the snap part of a path, like here:

https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/blob/eae27c374d46f82c4d895bb487a217689a48987d/src/utils/misc.cpp#L395-L427

[Waqar144]

What would the full home path in a snap look like?

[pbek]

e.g. /home/username/snap/qownnotes/3217, but we only want /home/username

[pbek]

path.remove(QRegularExpression(R"(snap\/qownnotes\/\w\d+\/)")); does the trick

[Waqar144]

path.remove(QRegularExpression(R"(snap\/qownnotes\/\w\d+\/)")); does the trick

I did that already. Let's see.
I just wanna be more sure about the path.
Sending in the PR in a moment

[tonyarnold99]

On Fri, 2019-11-01 at 05:52 -0700, Patrizio Bekerle wrote:

e.g. /home/username/snap/qownnotes/3217, but we only want
/home/username

Spell checking works if I copy the dictionary files to
/home/username/snap/qownnotes/current/.local/share/hunspell

so removing the snap part of the path as per Patrizio's suggestion
should do the trick.

Regards,

Tony.

Tony Arnold MBCS, CITP | Senior IT Security Analyst | Directorate of IT Services | G64, Kilburn Building | The University of Manchester | Manchester M13 9PL | T: [phone] | M: [phone]

[Waqar144]

path.remove(QRegularExpression(R"(snap\/qownnotes\/\w\d+\/)")); does the trick

Since it is in the code already and works, I used this Regex. However as I understand it, the last part of the regex \w\d+ would catch a12345 and not current or anything.
If it works, then great, otherwise w+ should do the trick i think.

[pbek]

Inside the snap the IDs are used.

[Waqar144]

Inside the snap the IDs are used.

Ahh okay

[pbek]

19.11.3

• attempted to fix inclusion of spellchecker dictionaries for Snap package
  (for #1348, thank you @Waqar144)

[pbek]

There now is a new release, could you please test it and report if it works for you?

[tonyarnold99]

Still not working. Hunspell dictionaries have been copied to ~/.local/share/hunspell, qoownnotes is still reporting no language dictionaries for the language: "en_GB".

Copying the dictionary files back to the ~/snap/qownnotes/current/.local/share/hunspell fixes it again.

[pbek]

Are you on the stable channel?

[tonyarnold99]

Yes. Version 19.11.3.

[pbek]

Strange, I see no reason why #1350 should not fix the path issue...

[Waqar144]

Strange, I see no reason why #1350 should not fix the path issue...

I fear snap package can't access .local and such directories

https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/desktop-allow-access-to-host-system-fonts/1796

[Waqar144]

A more easier and straightforward way could be to symlink /usr/share/hunspell
That'd work

A script for it could be like:

#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p ~/snap/qownnotes/usr/share
ln -s /usr/share/hunspell ~/snap/qownnotes/usr/share

OR

#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p ~/snap/qownnotes/current/usr/share
ln -s /usr/share/hunspell ~/snap/qownnotes/current/usr/share

If this works, the user doesn't need to worry about keep dicts updated and so on.

[tonyarnold99]

I've tried that and it does not work or something similar. I tried:

ln -s /usr/share/hunspell ~/snap/qownnotes/common/.local/share/hunspell

Looks like the snap containment is smart enough to realise it's accessing folders that its' not supposed to!

[Waqar144]

Looks like the snap containment is smart enough to realise it's accessing folders that its' not supposed to!

I guess then a script to copy all the dictionaries to the snap directory can be a solution.
Unless @pbek is ready to package dicts in the snap :package: :smile:

There is a hunspell dictionaries snap package(the one you @pbek tried to plug into in a previous commit) to which we could connect and get the dictionaries but that requires installing that package first.

[pbek]

I don't understand why it doesn't work. The access to the note files in the home directory works the same way.

[Waqar144]

I don't understand why it doesn't work. The access to the note files in the home directory works the same way.

I guess snap doesn't allow access to all places in /home, only some, like Documents etc

[tonyarnold99]

If I try to import a file from ~/.local, qownnotes shows .local as empty! Also if I export to it, it appears to work but the exported file does not appear in .local. Must be something about .local. Or even hidden directories. Tried exporting to .hunspell and that didn't work either.

[tonyarnold99]

This confirms my suspicions about hidden files:

https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/use-of-home-and-network-plugs/2587

[pbek]

Maybe point-directories really are not allowed. Could make sense.

[pbek]

For me it was the same, I was able to set /home/username/.local/share/0ad as note folder, but I wasn't able to read from or write to the folder.

[pbek]

/home/username/Documents or /home/username/Temp/SomeName worked great

[pbek]

A folder /home/username/.hunspell did not work. /home/username/hunspell did work.

19.11.4

• added ~/hunspell as path for spellchecker dictionaries for Snap package

[pbek]

There now is a new release, could you please test it and report if it works for you?

[tonyarnold99]

Yes, version 19.11.4 snap works with the dictionaries copied to ~/hunspell.

[pbek]

Great, thank you for testing!