https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152492
--- Comment #19 from László Németh <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Peter Wilkins from comment #18) > I was beginning to get quite frustrated with v7.4.4 spell-checking every > single URL - an almost mind-numbing experience when spell-checking a long > technical document with countless URLs. > > As others have commented, URLs are typically cryptic and often include words > or phrases that could be interpreted as mispelled when, in fact, they are > part of the actual URL - so I am not clear what spell-checking is meant to > accomplish. > > What might be helpful is a check for dead links which would, presumably, > require LO to ping URLs to verify their existance. However this may not work > for URLs that require login for access. > > I have updated to v7.5.0.3 this problem seems to have gone away :) So, I > have a few questions: > > 1) what spell-checking of URLs (if any) is still being done? > 2) if there is still some spell-checking of URLs - when, and to what extent, > does that happen? > 3) what is the objective of spell-checking URLs (if still being done)? > ~~ 1) In theory, no spell-checking of URLs, only plain text with hyperlinks (previously also plain text was skipped, see Bug 45949). Now instead of spelling the cryptic parts or skipping the text of the hyperlinks completely, the program recognizes the cryptic text parts checking their context, i.e. the URI (http:// etc.), the domain name, also the slashes, the encoded acuted letters etc., checking only the normal words of the hyperlinks. Sorry for the previous inaccurate description of this bug report. Now is "Don't spell check URLs within hyperlinks (i.e. spell check only plain words within hyperlinks to avoid of false alarms)") There is a plan to add a new spelling option(s) to the Tools->Options->Language Settings->Writing Aids to check URLs. Checking the cryptic parts of an URL is mostly unimportant, but storing the domain names in the custom dictionary may be useful. Also making a comparison within the text and the associated URL can be useful to detect a typo, e.g. http://www.example.org and http://ww.example.org (missing "w"). Thanks for your feedback and questions! -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
