Christoph Sch?fer wrote: > Am Dienstag, 15. Juni 2010 22:36:53 schrieb Randolph Bentson: >> `n Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:32:50PM -0700, Nick Vettese wrote: >>> How is using multiple programs more efficient than using one? I am both >>> a Windows and a Linux user, so you downward tone towards Windows users >>> kind of irks me, as I have been a user/administrator of both types of >>> systems for many years, so I am no Johnny come lately. >> The problem is you're in the middle of a culture clash. >> >> "A Quarter Century of Unix" quotes Doug McIlroy "This is >> the Unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing and do >> it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to >> handle text streams, because that is a universal interface." >> Asking for an embedded spell checker in Scribus violates this >> philosophy. > > No, it doesn't. While I personally don't use a spell checker at all and > recommend using one in a text editor or a word processor before importing > text into Scribus -- if someone wants to check the spelling with a > computer -- there already is a spellchecker available. Unfortunately, this > version doesn't work on Windows, yet. > > In other words, this is not a culture clash, but a simple technical issue.
Thanks Christoph. Any thoughts on how or when it might be resolved ? Thanks, J/. -- John Beardmore,MSc EDM (Open),B.A. Chem (Oxon),CMIOSH,CEnv,MIEMA,MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability
