On 5/10/07, John R. Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote: > I write text in Vim. I use ispell standalone to check the spelling. > Then I can import that text into Story editor or whatever. > The philosophy of *nix from the beginning has been to use specialized > tools rather than one great big Swiss army knife of a program. I > would hate to have Scribus weighed down with on-the-fly spell > checking a la Microsoft Word etc.
I have a similar process, but if there's going to be a Story Editor at all, spellchecking seems like a pretty basic editorial need. Also consider that many of us get stories from other people, and opening them in vim/OO.o/AbiWord/etc. simply to spellcheck them is an additional step that could be avoided. Scribus is a specialized tool -- it does DTP. Spellchecking of part of quality DTP. -- Steve Herrick If you love the shoes more than the path, it is not worth walking. - Sign in a Colombian National Park
