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- Subject: Re: slow spell-checking
- Cc: executor@ardi.com, Executor Bugs <bugs@ardi.com>,
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- To: yminsky@cs.cornell.edu
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 01:55:14 -0800 (PST)
- From: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com>
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- 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,
-
- I have noticed the slow spell checking too. It was even slow for me when
- I was running Word5 on a real Mac (I had a Classic; well, that is
- understandable, but it was also slow for me on the IIsi I bought later).
-
- When I was using it on the Mac, I was able to get it to run faster (at
- the expense of a feature) by turning off "Always suggest correct
- spellings" (or whatever) in the Spelling "control panel". I did this
- because I know how to spell and usually make errors like "Teh" instead of
- "The", which is obvious enough that I don't need it to suggest a correct
- spelling. When I run into a tricky word, like "ornithology" I can then
- hit the "Suggest" button to have it make a suggestion.
-
- I'd like to do this under Executor, the only problem is that (apparently)
- any changes I make to the Spelling preferences DO NOT GET SAVED!! Which
- is pretty odd, don't you think?
-
- I also cannot use Custom dictionaries. They just don't work, for some
- reason.
-
- Are you aware of this, ARDI (or other Executor people)? Any
- workarounds/fixes in the works?
-
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