> 1) the netscape spellchecker seemed to work like a simple plugin with
> older versions of mozilla. The foundations of the interface between the
> program and the spellchecker should still be there, possibly turned off.
> Unless all relevant code has been yanked, we should first find out what
> kind of interface (API?) is expected. That way one could write a module
> that would work like the old spellchecker communications-wise and use
> the work that has already been done on the mozilla end.
Yes. You need to produce something that implements nsISpellChecker. Read
the relevant bugs for more info.
> 2) If a community based spellchecker project were to be started, A)
> should it be included on www.mozdev.org? and B) could it eventually be
> checked in as a part of mozilla builds?
Possibly, and yes, maybe. It depends what you based it on.
Gerv