Firefox extension: port to Thunderbird?

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This tool is really great.
But I need it much more in Thunderbird than in Firefox.
Can you consider porting the Firefox Add-on to Thunderbird ?
Thanks
BenoitB

Update August 2021 by the LanguageTool team:

There’s now a Thunderbird add-on available at Grammar and Spell Checker — LanguageTool :: Add-ons for Thunderbird

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There already is one (not by the LanguageTool team though):

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/grammar-checker/

Update August 2021: There’s now a Thunderbird add-on available at Grammar and Spell Checker — LanguageTool :: Add-ons for Thunderbird

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Unfortunately the Grammar-checker doesnt work anymore with latest version of TB.

As OP, I think LT needs a plugin for Thunderbird, could it be possible to make the existing Firefox compatible?

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Firefox has changed its way of developing add-ons to WebExtensions, I think this is not compatible with Thunderbird. So a new extension would need to be developed, or the existing extension would need to be updated.

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Thanks for your reponse dnaber, sure, how can I help in this way? I really think a standalone TB extension would be amazing.

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The best way is probably to download https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/grammar-checker/ and try to make it work again. As the add-on hasn’t been updated for quite some time, it will still use our old API (which doesn’t work anymore), so you’d need to port it to the new one documented at LanguageTool HTTP API.

If you have questions, let us know here in the forum. We had never offered an official Thunderbird add-on, so I’m not sure if we can help with Thunderbird-specific questions.

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Please, please, please,

Could someone work on the Thunderbird add-on?

It would be extremely useful.

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Yes and the extension is now outdated and I hope there is an official add-on for thunderbird

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The extension for Firefox installs without difficulty, and preferences can be set:

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– however it’s not effective when drafting an e-mail.

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yeah, that is too bad and one of the main point for Thunderbird is writing email directly within the app.

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Unfortunately, it does not support the version of Thunderbird I have on Ubuntu.

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Yes, the unofficial addon for Thunderbird is quite obsolete and I hope new maintainer or new app can help to mitigate the issue

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+1 for having a thunderbird addon!
Since Thunderbird should use again the same addon tech as Firefox do, it shouldn’t be to hard to build it on the base of the existing Firefox addon (hopefully!)

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Full aware this is an old old thread but I can’t seem to find the source code for this Add-On. Did anyone have any luck?

I can have a go at getting it working. It would be quite a bonus.

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We plan to support Thunderbird soon (for a broader definition of “soon”…), now that it “just” needs to be ported from Firefox.

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Thanks!

I toyed with version 4.0.1, for Firefox, in Thunderbird.

Whilst there’s no obvious error when I set it to work with localhost, I get an empty personal dictionary. As if there might be a communication issue.

I look forward to support for Thunderbird …

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+1 for Thunderbird support. It’s crucial to have it in one of the most used work communication tool.

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We’re still waiting for the review by Thunderbird, but our add-on has been released now at Grammar and Spell Checker — LanguageTool :: Add-ons for Thunderbird

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Mozilla Thunderbird problems sending emails – This issue can occur if your email account isn’t properly configured.

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Could you send a screenshot of the problem? Does it only happen with LanguageTool activated?