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- From: mireley@arnou.cem.msu.edu.brewery (John D. Mireley)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
- Subject: Re: Spell Checker
- Message-ID: <1h4oppINNdh3@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 15:44:57 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.144751.23169@crd.ge.com>
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- Organization: Michigan State University Department of Chemistry
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- -> > Is there spell checker for Sun OS OpenLook deskset?
-
- > >One way round it might be to put the output in /tmp/textsw_shelf.
- > >Another might be to run the spell in the background, but that's not as good.
- > >
- > >Is it really that hard to fix the XView textsw bug here?
- > >
- > >Lee
- >
- > The problem is that the textsw window will not wait for the return from
- > any spawned program for longer than ~ 10 seconds. After that time the
- > highlighted text becomes un-hilighted and the pipe is broken. The
- > problem therefore is not getting the text out but getting the corrected
- > text back in automatically. The documented X resource for changing
- > this time does not work.
-
- Gee, all this funny business for a spell checker which should be part of
- any editing tool to begin with. Using this fix seems to open a can of worms
- for me as I am not a windows hacker.
-
- I've decide to just add "spell | mail userid" to my printtool "other:" filter
- and drag and drop to it.
-
- ---
- Electronic Christmas Card
- Written by Derek Moore
-
- Just because Santa Claus is a form of oppressive, omniscient,
- totalitarian control designed to prepare children to accept
- without question the authority of the state, and that the
- birth of Jesus, as well as his life and horrible death at the
- hands of mediocrity, has been corrupted to be used as
- justification of the dark ages, the inquisition, and the
- institution of tax evasion as a mortal sin, this does not
- mean that the Christmas season should be ignored, nor should
- the spirit of love, peace, and happiness be forgotten.
-
- Merry Christmas!
-