Notepad++ is an upgraded notepad application that provides a lot of functionality past the typical notepad application in Windows. Not only does it provide a tab system to view multiple files easily at the same time but it provides functionality to open and edit many more file types. To add spellcheck to Notepad++ you will need to download and install Aspell which you can complete by using the directions below.

1. Download Aspell: Visit Aspell’s web site here, download the full installer, and at least one precompiled dictionary. Make sure you are installing the win32 versions of each file.
2. Install Aspell: Now double click on the Aspell full installer which will be titled something like Aspell-0-50-3-3-Setup.exe. This will launch the installer and you will have to click Next a few times and choose what icons you also want installed. Keep the default location for the installation which will be C:\Program Files\Aspell.

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When attempting to install application on your iPhone you might get a message stating that you are not able to install the application because you are not authorized on this computer. If you get this message and there is not another iTunes account configured for another iPhone on this computer then you need to authorize this computer for your iTunes account.

To authorize this computer click Store from the top menu and select Authorize computer from the drop down. Now sync the iTunes with your iPhone again and the application should install without issue.

Side Note: You are limited to authorize 5 computers per iTunes account.

When initially attempting to install the data_fabric gem I was getting the below error.

Error:
gem install data_fabric
ERROR: Error installing data_fabric:
data_fabric requires RubyGems version = 1.2

It is possible to get this error if you have upgraded to rubygems 1.3 and you are attempting to install data_fabric (version: 1.0.1 or below). If you have access to the gem server you are installing from them just update the data_faric gem on that server but if not then add the rubyforge gem repository as follows.

gem install –source http://gems.rubyforge.org/ data_fabric -v 1.0.2

That should do the trick.