From 97f26ed1184d1039dbc697e2fd87d9905ccbadce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gary Burton <gary.burton@zen.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 21:50:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Just log a warning rather than show an error dialog if spell
 checker cannot be imported

svn: r20197
---
 src/gui/spell.py | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/gui/spell.py b/src/gui/spell.py
index 82a81c1fa..ab93acce4 100644
--- a/src/gui/spell.py
+++ b/src/gui/spell.py
@@ -49,12 +49,19 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(".Spell")
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi import Repository
 
-try:
-    from gi.repository import Gtkspell
-    HAVE_GTKSPELL = True
-except ImportError:
-    HAVE_GTKSPELL = False
+HAVE_GTKSPELL = False
+
+# Attempting to import gtkspell gives an error dialog if gtkspell is not
+# available so test first and log just a warning to the console instead.
+repository = Repository.get_default()
+if repository.enumerate_versions("Gtkspell"):
+    try:
+        from gi.repository import Gtkspell
+        HAVE_GTKSPELL = True
+    except:
+        pass
 
 if not HAVE_GTKSPELL:
     LOG.warn(_("Spelling checker is not installed"))