Hi Andrew, Andrew wrote: > Hi > > I would like to implement an option to use the older style interface to > the spellchecker in writer. > > The more modern interface where a mispelled word is highlighted in red > is almost impossible to use to quickly spell check a document with a > large number of errors using only the keyboard. The older interface of > ooo 1.1, which is still in use in thunderbird and other apps is superb > for this purpose. > > I believe a significant percentage of users would prefer the older > interface allowing spellchecking to be done easily and quickly using > only the keyboard. > > I assume it would be a simple matter to implement an option, either > under accessibility or writing aids. > > I have some C/Unix programming experience. > >
Well adding an option will be a rather easy task. But if you want to get back the old OOo 1.1 spell check dialog that will be a major problem, since the code and data structures today are way different and there are many places where you would need to change code. Maybe the best way I can think of to do what you want would probably be to write an extension that adds a tool bar button that starts a spell ckeck dialog on your own, since that way you need not to temper with the actual code and implemention of OOo and it's spell check dialog. However the major drawback of that solution will be that you need to iterate through the text on your own. And also, how to iterate and not miss something, is likely to be application specific. (See XText interface for a start) Thus one way or the other you probably are in trouble. Thomas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@sw.openoffice.org
