On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Stefano Franchi wrote:
But is there a tentative date for a version of Lyx that includes
continuous spelling? Or will it come with version 2.0?
I don't think I am the only one who has been fervently waiting for this
feature for quite some time. (Or so I hope. I can't be the only typing-
challenged user...)
Stefano,
Please allow a contrarian opinion. While I'm a touch-typist and do hit the
wrong keys on occasion, I _strongly_ dislike runtime spell checking as well
as any other intrusive corrections. I find it quite distracting whether
typing from hand-written text or creating anew. I also don't like software
that pretends to be smarter than I am by, for example, automatically
changing case after punctuation. It cannot recognize abbreviations or other
contexts where an uppercase letter is inappropriate.
When I'm done for a bit I'll manually check spelling (unless I forget, of
course), but much prefer to determine when it's done.
If there's a switch to turn off continuous checking I'll have no issues;
it'll just be another "feature" for me to disable.
Rich
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