Re: Getting Started With Spellchecker

[David Coppit]

Ben Bucksch wrote:

> David Coppit wrote:
> 
>> As I said, this is a short-term solution.
> 
> Fine. Do it. I won't use it and I don't see why anyone else would want 
> ot use an open-source Mozilla just to rely on optional MS components then.


This isn't necessarily a MS issue. It's a reuse issue. Part of what you 
snipped mentioned that such an API could be used to target ispell on Unix.

Assuming there are no licensing issues, I'd rather see an API which 
calls *whatever* speller the OS has (MS Word, ispell, etc.) rather than 
wait for someone with enough resouces to write a speller from scratch. I 
agree with you that Mozilla should not be dependent on a proprietary 
component, but it's better than having nothing until someone writes a 
speller from scratch.

David