RE: [gtk-list] Re: Spel cheker

["O'CONNOR, Steve" <SOCONNOR baea com au>]

Would it not be best to have a 'spell-server' that listens on a socket,
or lives as a corba object that you send text to, and it returns a list
of words, each containing a list of corrections ?

Any network aware process could then use it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kenneth Albanowski [SMTP:kjahds@kjahds.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, 14 July 1998 12:56
> To:	Tom Tromey
> Cc:	@redhat.com@awadi.com.au
> Subject:	[gtk-list] Re: Spel cheker
> 
> On 13 Jul 1998, Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> > >>>>> "Pat" == Pat Rogan <rogan@lycos.com> writes:
> > 
> > Pat> Is anyone interested in a gtk spell checker?  ( I am... ).
> > 
> > Pat> What other behavior would be useful?  Has anyone already done
> > Pat> this?
> > 
> > The beginnings of a Gtk spell checker are in gnome-libs/libgnomeui.
> > It is a wrapper for ispell.  It could use some work.
> > 
> > It looks ok for "batch"-style use.  However, I'd like to see
> something
> > that would also work for interactive use -- correct or at least
> > highlight misspelled words as I type.  This requires a different
> > design, probably.
> 
> It would seem that the interactive version should logiically be
> something
> that can be "attached" to a, or is descended from, GtkEditable. 
> 
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> Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)
> 
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