Hmmm. Disappointing that. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Scott McDonald < [email protected]> wrote:
> Keith, > > >don't all target platforms have native spell-checkers? > > One software segment that I produce for is cross-platform desktop -- needs > to run on PCs (with Windows XP and newer) and on Macs. There is no native > OS > level spellchecker for Windows XP. > > Instead of having platform specific code to handle the differences, I > prefer > to leverage the natural cross-platform support of LiveCode. It makes > development *much* more productive -- reducing the time and effort required > by a significant amount. Not to mention the on-going benefit of simplified > product support. > > So RunRevPlanet Spell is the result that requirement. it is not a spell > check as you type style of spell checker, so it may not be what you are > looking for. But it is fast. > > About a "spellcheck as you type" sort of add-on, until the LiveCode Text > Field can show the wavy underline that users expect to see when such an > action occurs, I think the problems of making such a spell checker that > runs > on both Windows /and/ OS X make such an add-on unlikely. > > -- > Scott McDonald > "Components, Controls, Tools and Resources for LiveCode" > www.runrevplanet.com > > ----- > -- > Scott McDonald > "Components, Controls, Tools and Resources for LiveCode" > www.runrevplanet.com > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Spell-check-for-text-fields-tp4379716p4379985.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
