Spell check for text fields

Michael Chean mp.chean at gmail.com
Sat Feb 11 18:30:20 EST 2012


Hmmm. Disappointing that.

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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