Re: TextEdit & "Check spelling as you type" (Tiger anomaly?)

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:15:35 -0500, Frank Malczewski wrote
(in article <1h00ngc.15ahq221o2sywwN%malczewski@xxxxxxx>):

> Tim Lance <lance_1012@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:51:06 -0500, Frank Malczewski wrote
>> (in article <1gzz06e.dshg2z1n43yyoN%malczewski@xxxxxxx>):
>>
>>>
>>> Finally got brave enough to install Tiger on my system, this past
>>> weekend. Including the 10.4.2 update.
>>>
>>> Noticed a few differences, peculiarities, missing features.
>>>
>>> And this apparent bug.... (or maybe I did something wrong?)
>>>
>>>
>>> Open TextEdit.
>>>
>>> Make sure preference "Check spelling as you type" is enabled. (Preserve
>>> white space setting doesn't seem to matter...)
>>>
>>> Make sure to use a fixed width font (makes it easier to see).
>>>
>>> Type several words (two or more characters), follow some of them with
>>> punctuation.
>>>
>>> Typing
>>>
>>> abc def ghi klm:
>>>
>>> I get
>>>
>>> abc def ghi klm::
>>>
>>> (first character after each word is duplicated...)
>>>
>>> Anyone else? or should I maybe try the combo updater.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Get a lot of these in the console.log:
>>>
>>> 2005-07-19 23:37:37.916 TextEdit[2353] *** NSRunLoop ignoring exception
>>> '*** -[NSCFArray addObject:]: attempt to insert nil' that raised during
>>> posting of delayed perform with target 15b0c8c0 and selector
>>> '_preflightSpellChecker:'
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I had it, too! Clean install and laborious reinstalling apps and docs
>> worked.
>> Did you do a clean install?
>>
>> One thing even weirder about mine: It didn't happen right way. It took 7-10
>> hours of uptime to appear, and then remained through reboots. I tried many
>> times and it was always the same - fine for some time, then AGH!
>>
>> Good thing: I wondered if it was 3rd party RAM and so ran memtest. Yep, bad
>> RAM that not raised it's head otherwise. But new RAM didn't fix the funky
>> problem.
>
> Mostly. it was a clean install of the OS on an erased/empty disk.
> Cheated a bit by dragging some stuff (non-sytstem) over from my home
> directory and the Applications directory. Reinstalling many of the
> applications from scratch, but not everything.
>
> Just tried it on a fresh account, and didn't seem to have the same
> problem. I guess that means it's probably something in the preferences
> or one of the caches... It's a start, and it's not quite so late
> tonight 8*) ... yet.
>
> Thanks! Helped a lot. If I have a more precise answer then generally
> dumping caches and junking a lot of preferences, I'll followup.
>
> --Frank

You can dump caches with practically no pain later - like wise Preferences.
Are you an old pre-OS X guy? Did you ever have to try to find a bothersome
extension? Keep half and try. If OK, then the problem is in the other half.
Load half of them. Still OK? Repeat. Problem? Backup and cut in half. Luckily
OSX does not require reboot to test this methid with preferences, just a
logout. More, many things that make an app "yours" are not in the prefs file
like days of old but are in places like Application Supprt or Documents.

Good luck. I, too, thought my problem was user specific but the time factor
reared its head. Do report back.

--

Tim
lance_1012@xxxxxxxxxxx

.

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