Finally, I believe that an option called "Duplicate sentence finder", like duplicate-finder programs, should be placed in the same Edit menu to do the task I already mentioned to you.
On 8 June 2010 23:41, John Kaufmann <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 2010.06.08 13:14 -0500, Marius Popa wrote: > > Again, I referred to the option that warns me if I wrote a certain >>>> sentence before while I write the same sentence later. >>>> >>>> You mean like a redundancy alarm? Where have you seen such an option? >>> >> >> I did not see the option anywhere, but I thought that such an option could >> be useful for any user because it could save any user's time by warning >> him >> if a sentence is repeated. >> > > As Mike said, such a function is non-trivial: Do you want it invoked every > time you end a sentence? - applying only to exact-character replications, or > allowing for some fuzziness in characters or even words? Does it apply to > phrases? Of what minimum length? etc... > > There's a reason why this is a not a standard word processing function. > It's not just hard to program - though a simple 8-bit CRC hash on each > sentence would not be difficult nor use much processing power - but even > harder to use unambiguously: There would likely be no end of user complaints > and suggestions for enhancement. > > > John > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Marius Popa
