nospam@nospam wrote:
> On the API approach mozilla can pass an XML document with the text to be
> checked and the procedure to perform.
> The middleware or the mozilla spell checker when it arrives can take the
> text and perform the procedure (spell, thesaurus, grammer etc.)
> It then passes back an xml page with word offset, word count,
> alternative solutions and type of error (spell, grammer etc.)
> A small dumy spell checker sits and catches this and passes back an
> empty page and the spell cheker does nothing.
> Someone writes an adapter that fits M$ spell or some web based
> spellchecker, and it can replace the dummy.
> Mozilla evenualy comes up with a solution and pluggs it in place of the
> dummy.
> So we have a way to get spell checking done soon but not total
> availability untill later.
Great! Can you re-write this in the form of a patch? I'll try to help
you get the necessary reviews.
--Asa
