HOWTO: Enabling SpellChecker plugin with htmlarea

Posted by gordon on Mon, 12/07/2004 - 4:16pm

Warnings

The SpellChecker plugin for HTMLArea is not php but instead perl and executed as a cgi script. If you do not like cgi scripts or perl, please do not proceed.

Requirements

You are required to install the following software

  • aspell and dictionary
  • Text::Aspell
  • XML::DOM
  • CGI

Installation

Modify your http.conf and add or modify the following line.

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

Add the following .htaccess file to the Spellchecker plugin directory. This directory is usually in the path misc/htmlarea/plugins/SpellChecker/ which is relative to the root of the drupal installation.

Options +execCGI

AddHandler cgi-script cgi
Order deny,allow

All going well this should then work.