Sam Lewis wrote:
I think one of the crucial differences, is the "naturally" high number of
mathematics, logisticians, etc. in the LyX user and developer community, who
have a very different approach to *writing* than one finds humanities. This
presumably has resulted in this peculiar situation that up to now --at this
highly advanced stage of LyX-- this rather basic feature has never emerged.
Well, for what it's worth, I'm a humanist, and so is JMarc, one of the
lead developers. So I don't think that's the reason. Rather, I think
instant spellcheck distracts from the process of writing. It's the same
reason WYSIWYG is a bad idea. You don't need that distraction when
you're composing a document, any more than you need to make sure the
page breaks are in a good place. The document will change. You need
spellcheck, and a check on the page breaks, at the end of the process,
which is why running spellcheck at the end is sufficient. IMHO.
Richard
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