On May 06 16:25, 1997, andrew clarke of 3:635/728.4{at}fidonet wrote:
G'day andrew,

ac>>> How is that supposed to be implemented?
>> Couldn't export text be used to do a tmpfile and pass it to an external 
>> speller, then import it back, replacing the current textfile ? 

ac> Sure.  Is this the best way though?  Can anybody think of any other 
ac> way of providing spell-checking support?  I've really got no idea, and 
That seems to be the way bluewave does it, note that bw does not have an
internal editor.
Could always do it within the code, jump to each word, then prompt with a 
popup window, listing possible replacements if the word is not found in 
the database, and either an internal(preferred) or an external dictmgr to 
add/edit words within the base.
The database is probably the bigger problem, just creating one with a
decent number of words is going to be a pain, then indexing it in an
efficient way, while not loosing oodles of memory in the process... 

ac> have no need for this feature, so I have to rely on other Msged users 
Needer do high, but i suppose it would be a nice feature. Grammar checking 
may be going a bit overboard though. I ain't in no need of that either anyhow.:-)

ac> to come up with a solution.  :-)
Well, you're welcome to my S&R routine, it's fairly well tested and fast, 
uses the findfirst/next method on words, while i don't have the source for
msged, it is portable so should slot in with little if any mods. 
Where can i get 4.2 for DOS anyway ? 
Is the source code also available ? 
I may have a go at it myself with your permission(i know it's PD but still)
Need to get my mind off void long pointers anyway. ;-)

 Regards, Frank

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