Re: Prognistication
- From: Jerry Avins <jya@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:54:10 -0400
JosephKK wrote:
Allen allen@xxxxxxxxxxx posted to sci.electronics.design:
Jerry Avins wrote:Gene E. Bloch wrote:I really have to disagree, Jerry. I think that operating systems
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Oh - Thunderbird. I use it for e-mail. Its spell checker is veryA spell checker ought to be an OS service. That way, any additions
bizarre, IMHO :-)
Luckily I also use the organic spell checker after a pass or three
of
Thunderbird's. When I remember to do it, that is...
I use a bunch of spell checkers (not by choice - each program
seems to have a checker of its own), and they *all* are bizarre -
it's just that what one screws up the next does fine, etc :-)
such as frequently encountered names become universal.
Jerry
should be as universal as possible. By putting a spell check in at
that level would mean, for instance, a US operating system couldn't
be used in England. Now a stand-alone checker that any application
could access would be quite desirable. I wish that we could come up
with a checker that is context-sensitive, but I'm afraid that would
be asking too much. Allen
In the *nix world there is a program called ispell, one interface,
works for any application, has multiple dictionaries and languages,
is fully internationalized, learns new words on the fly, and has
dictionary editing. Does that sound like what your asking for?
I've used it. It was my model. Another example of Windows ans Apple )I think) lagging behind.
Jerry
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