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Re: A suggestion.
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Fri, 1 Sep 2000 23:24:11 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Alex Farlie writes:
[...]
Would it be possible to add a facilty for spell checking messages on
the relevant posting page?
[...]
Is this a possibilty?

That would Sure Be Nice, but unless there are any free web-based spell
checkers somewhere out there that any site's form can route through, and
they do all the mess of handling word lists, language detection, local
jargon, etc., I would say the possibility is extremely distant.

I would recommend investing in a newsreader or word processor that has a
built-in customisable spell checking facility.

--Todd



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  Re: A suggestion.
 
(...) I think that aspell has some of this functionality, although it doesn't have a web front end. (It's got features designed for easy scriptabilty, though.) A quick search turns up a program named "IMHO" (from (URL)), which is a module for the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  A suggestion.
 
I have had people warn me about my bad spellings in postings. Would it be possible to add a facilty for spell checking messages on the relevant posting page? I know that both Hotmail and Deja provide spell checking on thier systems and would really (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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