Fix tickets #7887 (wrong place user spell check base) and #5819 (undo/redo inconsistency) in Mail application.
completed by: Alex11223
mentors: Siarhei Zharski
Your task is:
- Setup Haiku in Virtual Machine (Virtual Box recommended) or on real hardware;
- Download standalone version of Haiku Mail application from the link below;
- Take familiar with the code and both problems description;
- Use make to build the application. Resulting executable binary you'll find in 'objects-...' directory;
- To reproduce the #7887 - open the Mail application, type some fake words and activate "Edit -> Check Spelling" mode. Click any red-marked word with right mousle button and select the "Add" from context menu. That words will be adde into users spell-check database under /boot/system/data/spell_check/ folder. Please change this placement to one requested in the ticket description.;
- To reproduce the #5819 - the issue description in Trac easy and clean please read it and try to find a source of problem and fix it.
Links:
- https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/7887 - wrong placement of user spell_check database;
- https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/5819 - undo/redo inconsistency;
- http://siarzhuk.dyndns.org/mail-gci-kit-08.12.2011.tar.bz2 - standalone version of Mail application project;
- http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/tree/src/apps/mail - sources of Haiku version of Mail;
- http://haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/bebook/index.html - BeBook - system API reference;
- http://haiku-os.org/development - information about development for Haiku;
- http://haiku-os.org/development/coding-guidelines - Haiku Coding Guidelines;
Good luck!