Spell check for text fields

[Keith Clarke]

Thanks for the clarification, Scott.

Yes, sad that sometimes, when cross-platform equals lowest common denominator, it often precludes the more fancy OS-specific niceties.

The (current?) field object limitation would definitely seem to be a issue for any active spell-checker, irrespective of the tool or dictionary accessed.

Best,
Keith

Sent from my iPad

On 11 Feb 2012, at 21:34, 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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