[pmwiki-users] Spelling in basic release?

[Theron Parlin]

My guess, and I'm only speaking from someone who has implemented a 
spellcheck feature for wordpress, is that you usually end up having to 
create something that works on top of a unix based program like aspell (or 
some variation). Not everyone who installs pmwiki will have whatever backend 
program is chosen.

I ended up going with a CGI based service from
spellchecker.com<http://spellchecker.com>.
It was easy to integrate and didn't have any server-side requirements. You 
might want to give this a try...

-Theron

On 7/28/05, John W Morris <johnwmorris at peak.org> wrote:
> 
> Given the stated focus of "what would the writer expect" rather than "what 
> makes an admin happy" (not verbatim quote)...
>  Is there a reason that the spell checking function, which everyone using 
> an edit window of most any kind on most any program has come to expect, is 
> not included in the base software release?
>  To hard, too ugly, doesn't work well....???
>  I found the cookbook answer and will try that but still wonder... why not 
> part of system?
> http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/SpellChecker
>  I have read the comments on the esoteric whichness and whyness of where 
> and how on most every detail of Pmwiki, but... spellchecking is a right 
> guaranteed in the "internet bill of rights", isn't it? You can't focus on 
> what the writer wants and expects if you aren't checking his or her lousy 
> spelling.
>  (this document spell checked courtesy of my email program)
>  John Morris
> 
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