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Re: slow spell-checking



>>>>> "Donald" == Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> writes:

    Donald> On 13 Mar 1996, Yaron M. Minsky wrote:
    >> I'm using Word 5.1a on E/L 1.99q7.  I've noticed that
    >> spell-checking is really awfully slow.  Does anyone know a)
    >> why, b) how it can be fixed c) if this is something that will
    >> be fixed in future revisions of executor
    >> 
    >> Thanks, and kudos on all the good work,

    Donald> I have noticed the slow spell checking too.  It was even
    Donald> slow for me when I was running Word5 on a real Mac (I had
    Donald> a Classic; well, that is understandable, but it was also
    Donald> slow for me on the IIsi I bought later).

    Donald> When I was using it on the Mac, I was able to get it to
    Donald> run faster (at the expense of a feature) by turning off
    Donald> "Always suggest correct spellings" (or whatever) in the
    Donald> Spelling "control panel".  I did this because I know how
    Donald> to spell and usually make errors like "Teh" instead of
    Donald> "The", which is obvious enough that I don't need it to
    Donald> suggest a correct spelling.  When I run into a tricky
    Donald> word, like "ornithology" I can then hit the "Suggest"
    Donald> button to have it make a suggestion.

    Donald> I'd like to do this under Executor, the only problem is
    Donald> that (apparently) any changes I make to the Spelling
    Donald> preferences DO NOT GET SAVED!!  Which is pretty odd, don't
    Donald> you think?

Known bug.

    Donald> I also cannot use Custom dictionaries.  They just don't
    Donald> work, for some reason.

Ditto.

    Donald> Are you aware of this, ARDI (or other Executor people)?
    Donald> Any workarounds/fixes in the works?

No workarounds that we know of.  I've marked these as things to try to
look at before we release E2, but we may choose to rush E2 out now and
then get some patches out soon thereafter.

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--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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