Re: [Eap-list] (OFFTOPIC) Was - Spell checking comments and strings

[Dmitri Colebatch]

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I'm going to give in to my better nature and add my 2c to the list.  imho, as long a feature can be turned off, why should any of you feel so adamant that it must be _excluded_ from the feature list.  I for one wouldn't use it, but I'd love to see some of the other ppl I share code with use it.  Do you jump up and down saying that every feature that you dont use should be removed?   Also, ok, not everyone writes comments (just like not everyone codes EJBs or webapps), but for those who do believe in commenting their code, a spellchecker is on par with auto-complete in my book (imho).  If you dont know the api, go back the javadoc and read it (a la go back to school and learn to spell).   my 2c   cheers dim ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Buchalka To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: RE: [Eap-list] (OFFTOPIC) Was - Spell checking comments and strings Oh for god's sake lighten up and stop taking this discussion to heart!   Perhaps we need a new "politically correct" list for all answers to suggestions that may offend people.   The questions remains whether a spell checker should be incorporated into IDEA.   I would suspect that the vast majority of users of the product would not want this feature.   +10 to no spell checker in IDEA.   Cheers       Tim   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Scott Curtis Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2002 7:48 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [Eap-list] (OFFTOPIC) Was - Spell checking comments and strings What you all seem to have missed is the fact that some people happen to suffer from dyslexia which makes spelling a complete nightmare. Are you saying that those people shouldn't be programmers because they have trouble spelling - which is completely out of their control? It is a known fact that even High School can't even help with this problem (Patrick). The reaction to this request is very indicative of the way children behave at school when they find that the quite boy is different. Hey lets just all beat people with spelling problems, until they stop trying to lead normal lives like the rest of us and until they stop trying to make livings in such 'high class' professions as programming. They are obviously different and therefore shouldn't be allowed to programme!! Even better lets just burn them at the stake!  - scott -----Original Message----- From: Mike Liu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Eap-list] Spell checking comments and strings +10!  No spell checker! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Patrick M. Ansari Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Eap-list] Spell checking comments and strings No spell checker PLEASE!!! I totally agree with Thomas - if you need a spell checker to write comments you should probably go back to high school and take some English lessons. Regards, Patrick M. Ansari [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------- 186 East Road, R5.1 CB1 1BG Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 1223 475578 ----------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Thomas Singer Sent: 28 March 2002 07:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Eap-list] Spell checking comments and strings For what language the spell checking should be? I would prefer German, but other guys would prefer English, US-English, Spanish, French, Russian or what ever. Do you think, that IntelliJ should support them all? To not offend some users, they shouldn't waste time with ANY spell checker. If one can't write comments without a spell checker, I believe, (s)he should not write them at all. Or ()he should begin to reread her/his comments before committing the files. Tom At 17:01 27.03.2002 -0500, you wrote: >Spell checking is not word processing.  Word isn't smart enough to know what >is a comment and what is code. > >Programming is not documenting, yet JavaDoc exists and Idea does quite a lot >of nice things with JavaDoc. > >Code version management is not programming, yet Idea integrates with CVS. > >Help is not programming but Idea... oh wait, never mind on that one. :) > >The list could go on. > >-Tom >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >"But we don't talk about it >         we just become shadows of ourselves" >                 -Duncan Sheik, In the Absence of Sun >-----Original Message----- >From: Hani Suleiman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:38 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Eap-list] Spell checking comments and strings > > >NO! Use MS Word if you want a spellchecker. As an added bonus, it'll also >check >your grammer, and draw cute little squiggly lines all over the place. >Programming!=word processing. You'd think it's a fairly intuitive fact, but >alas, that certainly doesn't seem the case judging by the number of spell >checking requests. On the other hand, they could all be made in a sarcastic >tone, which is too subtle for me. >Quoting Stephen P Rufle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have used other products that allow you to spell check comments and > > quoted strings. > > > > Could IntelliJ put this on the TODO list ? > > :) > > > > Stephen P Rufle > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Eap-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Eap-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > >_______________________________________________ >Eap-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list