PageEdit 2.7.5 Released

DiapDealer · 03-11-2026, 02:33 PM

PageEdit 2.7.5

PageEdit 2.7.5 is a mixture of bugfixes and new features.

New Features

updated to Qt 6.10.2

Bug Fixes

make heading tool properly handle bare text inside the body tag without errors

--------------------------------- Notes -----------------------------------

It's possible that Windows users may need to update their Visual Studio VC++ Redistributable runtimes if PageEdit doesn't run.

The PageEdit Linux AppImage is built on Ubuntu Jammy (22.04) and is targeting glibc 2.35 and higher. Use ldd --version to see if your system at least has a shot at being able to use the AppImage. Don't forget to make sure the AppImage is executable after downloading. Trouble is not expected but be safe and backup your existing PageEdit preferences (if you have any) before trying the AppImage. This is especially important if you're currently using a pre-2.0 version of PageEdit.

The latest PageEdit user guide can always be downloaded from the PageEdit website, or from its own GitHub repository.

The MacOS builds are signed AND notarized.

All PageEdit binary downloads (and source) can be found as assets at the bottom of the PageEdit 2.7.5 Github Release page.

DiapDealer · 03-11-2026, 02:34 PM

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PeterT · 03-13-2026, 12:22 AM

Launching PageEdit 2.7.5 on my ChromeBook I receive the following in the terminal

Spoiler:

and yes hunspell is installed.

Same error occurs now that I check with PageEdit-2.7.0

DiapDealer · 03-13-2026, 05:39 AM

The appimage should not be looking outside its own file system for the qtwebengine bdics. We fixed this a while back, but apparently they keep diddling the default locations to search for these spellcheck dictionaries.

I'll look into it. Thanks.

DiapDealer · 03-13-2026, 05:52 AM

You aren't by chance setting a systemwide QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH environment variable are you? That would override where PageEdit looks for its .bdic files.

DiapDealer · 03-13-2026, 06:58 AM

I checked on my Arch system and I don't get that warning. I extracted the AppImage and the .bdics are are in a location where PageEdit should find them if there's not a QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH override in play.

PeterT · 03-13-2026, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

You aren't by chance setting a systemwide QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH environment variable are you? That would override where PageEdit looks for its .bdic files.

BINGO

/etc/environment.d/90qtwebengine-dictionaries-path.conf contained
QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH=/usr/share/hunspell-bdic/

DiapDealer · 03-13-2026, 08:34 AM

If you need that to be set for the system, you may need to create some sort of script to unset it for the PageEdit process.

Using a terminal to launch the the appimage and running:

Code:

unset QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH

before launching PageEdit (from that same terminal window) should get you around the problem.

Perhaps we need to consider adapting our feature that allows for the setting of environment variables for PageEdit's process using the env-vars.txt file to be able to unset conflicting system variable as well.

You could also extract the AppImage and move the contents of its squashfs/usr/bin/qtwebengine_dictionaries folder to your system /usr/share/hunspell-bdic/ folder if unsetting your system QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH variable would cause problems.

We don't want to eliminate the possibility that people need to legitimately override the location that the AppImage looks for those webengine spellcheck dictionaries. We only provide a few after all.

Is there a package that could be installed on your Chromebook that would install those webengine spellcheck dictionaries to that /usr/share/hunspell-bdic folder? That could solve the problem too. I would think that the language your Chromebook is set to would already have that language's .bdic file installed there. But then the console message makes it sound like the /usr/share/hunspell-bdic path cannot be found at all.

PeterT · 03-13-2026, 12:42 PM

Hmmm.. Installed as a part of libqt5webengine-data. Wouldn't suprise me if that had been installed when I was trying to compile sigil for the ChromeBook before the AppImage solution was released.

DiapDealer · 03-20-2026, 10:47 AM

Just as a follow-up: with PageEdit (or Sigil) 2.7.6, you can now unset preexisting environment variables (for only the PageEdit or Sigil process) by adding the following entry in the env-vars.txt file in the PageEdit/Sigil preferences folder:

~QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH

Just a tilde and the environment variable name is enough to unset it.

That way you wouldn't have to risk messing with a system setting if you're unsure about it. Unsetting it that way will allow the AppImage to default back to its own included .bdic spellcheck dictionaries (while still allowing users to specify a custom location for those dictionaries if they want).

03-11-2026, 02:33 PM	#1
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 29,231 Karma: 211539966 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	PageEdit 2.7.5 Released PageEdit 2.7.5 PageEdit 2.7.5 is a mixture of bugfixes and new features. New Features updated to Qt 6.10.2 Bug Fixes make heading tool properly handle bare text inside the body tag without errors --------------------------------- Notes ----------------------------------- It's possible that Windows users may need to update their Visual Studio VC++ Redistributable runtimes if PageEdit doesn't run. The PageEdit Linux AppImage is built on Ubuntu Jammy (22.04) and is targeting glibc 2.35 and higher. Use ldd --version to see if your system at least has a shot at being able to use the AppImage. Don't forget to make sure the AppImage is executable after downloading. Trouble is not expected but be safe and backup your existing PageEdit preferences (if you have any) before trying the AppImage. This is especially important if you're currently using a pre-2.0 version of PageEdit. The latest PageEdit user guide can always be downloaded from the PageEdit website, or from its own GitHub repository. The MacOS builds are signed AND notarized. All PageEdit binary downloads (and source) can be found as assets at the bottom of the PageEdit 2.7.5 Github Release page.

03-13-2026, 12:22 AM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,866 Karma: 80512826 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Launching PageEdit 2.7.5 on my ChromeBook I receive the following in the terminal Spoiler: Code: /tmp/.mount_PageEdHFBijH/usr/share/pageedit Warning: The following paths were searched for Qt WebEngine dictionaries: /usr/share/hunspell-bdic/ but could not find it. Spellchecking can not be enabled. Warning: The following paths were searched for Qt WebEngine dictionaries: /usr/share/hunspell-bdic/ but could not find it. Spellchecking can not be enabled. and yes hunspell is installed. Same error occurs now that I check with PageEdit-2.7.0 Last edited by PeterT; 03-13-2026 at 12:25 AM.

03-13-2026, 08:34 AM	#8
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 29,231 Karma: 211539966 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	If you need that to be set for the system, you may need to create some sort of script to unset it for the PageEdit process. Using a terminal to launch the the appimage and running: Code: unset QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH before launching PageEdit (from that same terminal window) should get you around the problem. Perhaps we need to consider adapting our feature that allows for the setting of environment variables for PageEdit's process using the env-vars.txt file to be able to unset conflicting system variable as well. You could also extract the AppImage and move the contents of its squashfs/usr/bin/qtwebengine_dictionaries folder to your system /usr/share/hunspell-bdic/ folder if unsetting your system QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH variable would cause problems. We don't want to eliminate the possibility that people need to legitimately override the location that the AppImage looks for those webengine spellcheck dictionaries. We only provide a few after all. Is there a package that could be installed on your Chromebook that would install those webengine spellcheck dictionaries to that /usr/share/hunspell-bdic folder? That could solve the problem too. I would think that the language your Chromebook is set to would already have that language's .bdic file installed there. But then the console message makes it sound like the /usr/share/hunspell-bdic path cannot be found at all. Last edited by DiapDealer; 03-13-2026 at 08:53 AM.

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03-11-2026, 02:34 PM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 29,231 Karma: 211539966 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Post reserved for future use

03-13-2026, 05:39 AM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 29,231 Karma: 211539966 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The appimage should not be looking outside its own file system for the qtwebengine bdics. We fixed this a while back, but apparently they keep diddling the default locations to search for these spellcheck dictionaries. I'll look into it. Thanks.

03-13-2026, 05:52 AM	#5
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 29,231 Karma: 211539966 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	You aren't by chance setting a systemwide QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH environment variable are you? That would override where PageEdit looks for its .bdic files.

03-13-2026, 06:58 AM	#6
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 29,231 Karma: 211539966 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I checked on my Arch system and I don't get that warning. I extracted the AppImage and the .bdics are are in a location where PageEdit should find them if there's not a QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH override in play.

03-13-2026, 12:42 PM	#9
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,866 Karma: 80512826 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Hmmm.. Installed as a part of libqt5webengine-data. Wouldn't suprise me if that had been installed when I was trying to compile sigil for the ChromeBook before the AppImage solution was released.

03-20-2026, 10:47 AM	#10
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 29,231 Karma: 211539966 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Just as a follow-up: with PageEdit (or Sigil) 2.7.6, you can now unset preexisting environment variables (for only the PageEdit or Sigil process) by adding the following entry in the env-vars.txt file in the PageEdit/Sigil preferences folder: ~QTWEBENGINE_DICTIONARIES_PATH Just a tilde and the environment variable name is enough to unset it. That way you wouldn't have to risk messing with a system setting if you're unsure about it. Unsetting it that way will allow the AppImage to default back to its own included .bdic spellcheck dictionaries (while still allowing users to specify a custom location for those dictionaries if they want).