Spell check for text fields

[Pete]

Despite the lack of full platform support, sure would be nice of LC hooked
into the native spell checkers on those platforms that do support it.
Pete

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Scott McDonald <
runrevplanet at smpcs.server101.com> wrote:

> Keith,
>
> >don't all target platforms have native spell-checkers?
>
> One software segment that I produce for is cross-platform desktop -- needs
> to run on PCs (with Windows XP and newer) and on Macs. There is no native
> OS
> level spellchecker for Windows XP.
>
> Instead of having platform specific code to handle the differences, I
> prefer
> to leverage the natural cross-platform support of LiveCode. It makes
> development *much* more productive -- reducing the time and effort required
> by a significant amount. Not to mention the on-going benefit of simplified
> product support.
>
> So RunRevPlanet Spell is the result that requirement. it is not a spell
> check as you type style of spell checker, so it may not be what you are
> looking for. But it is fast.
>
> About a "spellcheck as you type" sort of add-on, until the LiveCode Text
> Field can show the wavy underline that users expect to see when such an
> action occurs, I think the problems of making such a spell checker that
> runs
> on both Windows /and/ OS X make such an add-on unlikely.
>
> --
> Scott McDonald
> "Components, Controls, Tools and Resources for LiveCode"
> www.runrevplanet.com
>
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Pete
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