Eclipse spelling engine does not exist

Question

I\'m using Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) with CDT 5 on Windows.

When the integrated spell checker doesn\'t know some word, it proposes (among others) the option to add the

Answer 1

Are you using the C/C++ Development Tools exclusively?

The Spellcheck functionality is dependent upon the Java Development Tools being installed also.

The spelling engine is scheduled to be pushed down from JDT to the Platform,
so you can get rid of the Java related bloat soon enough. :)