[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: New spellcheck kicker applet.  Newbie help needed.
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-11-11 16:54:57
[Download RAW message or body]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Monday 10 November 2003 09:28, Gary Cramblitt wrote:
> Only if it can be done without adding additional keyboard or mouse
> operations, i.e., one wouldn't want to have to click the KDict applet,
> paste text from clipboard, and click a menu or button to spellcheck.

how about adding one more button to the applet for spell checking? or changing 
the M button to do a proper spellcheck? 

this is probably something to discuss with the kdict maintainer, who appears 
to be Christian Gebauer (gebauer@kde.org)

btw, i tried building your applet but the tarball you provided for download 
appears to be missing the kclipspellapplet.h file?

> (And this would be in addition to hitting Ctrl-C to put text into the
> clipboard.) Perhaps if a global shortcut key could be assigned to do all
> this automatically, but I don't know how to do that in an applet.
> 
> What's wrong with having lots of applets?

inherently, nothing. realistically, though, if there are multiple applets that 
do (from a user perspective) similar things it can be confusing which one to 
pick or why there are so many similar applets. there's also the issue of 
space in the applet menu, space on the panel, etc...

> BTW, KDict appears to be designed to work on a single word at a time.

no, it isn't. select a phrase and hit the "C" button.

> Working on multi-word selections might make the ui confusing. 

or make it less confusing by making the spell check actually check spelling. 
the current implementation asks the dict servers for possible matches, but 
that's of rather limited use IMHO...

> Also BTW, 
> in order to spell check a word, I have to click the "Match" key.  Why
> "Match".  Why not "Spellcheck"?

good question.

- -- 
Aaron J. Seigo
GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA  EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE/sRRh1rcusafx20MRAhICAJ9g5BSzUeHLZDwWyTiET1vG/zljzwCfcINV
OfU9HzgKhR8k/aF7JJOiNRY=
=57Vv
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
 
>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]