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So you have to kludge around with addons, and with a spelling checker
thats pretty fucking kludgy whatever you do compared with a properly
integrated spelling checker. And you cant even have the decent features
like avoiding mindlessly rechecking the message every time you edit it.

BG> although I don't doubt that it could be done.

It cant actually, its just not possible to get the full feature set
that a fully integrated spelling checker can have. Cant be done.

BG> The fact that it's possible at all though is still an advantage.

Only if you start with a fucked app that needs to be kludged up.

RS> with a level of knowledge which is well above what
RS> the average user can managed. THATs totally fucked.

BG> Not any more.

Fraid so.

BG> If using an external editor the problem doesn't exist.

Crap.

BG> For example, Qedit/2 now has an integrated spelling checker supplied,

Thats not sensitive to the message context tho and will have to
mindlessly re spelling check the message every time you edit it.
With you mindlessly having to repeatedly tell it to ignore particular
words in that message. Fucked. Let alone it mindlessly checking the
spelling of the quoted text. Fucked.

BG> and it works exceptionally well,

Nope, its fucked compared with a real spelling checker
integrated at the message level. Better than nothing,
fucked compared with doing it properly tho.

BG> although it does check quoted text as supplied,

Yeah, lots of fucked stuff like that.

BG> but a Qedit macro can easily overcome that minor niggle.

Nope, its then 'well beyond what a normal user can do' Bill.

And doesnt do a damned thing about mindlessly rechecking
every time you edit a particular message either.

Fucked.

RS> And even a fully integrated spelling checker should be
RS> invoking a full task switch at the OS level when the app
RS> is designed for a proper modern multithreaded OS. Because
RS> again, otherwise you just have to fart around with dinosaury
RS> stuff like caches and ram drives for decent performance.

BG> Not on a DX2/66 with 16Mb, you don't.

Yep, you have ALREADY done that farting.

RS> Again, dinosaury kludgy abortion. The world has moved on.

BG> Suit yourself.

I will indeed, there are always plenty who are so blinkered they
dont notice the world has moved on. Often adamantly insisting it
makes sense to do thing the dinosaur way. Nothing new about that
Bill, its been going on in computing since time immemorial.

BG> You can sit on your arse and let others do all the hard
BG> work if you wish, it's fine by me.  OTOH, some of us like to
BG> experiment with certain things.  Stops the world from stagnating.

Stop playing with yourself Bill. If you add a decent keyboard oriented
task switcher to OS2 right now, you are doing PRECISELY that you dope.
And you get an improvement in how the system works too. Funny that.

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