Re: Spell checking on a Mac

Thanks for sharing all that code Scott! I found a whole section on the Apple Developers site about implementing the OS X spell checker but it's all Cocoa-based so I guess would need some sort of external to interface to. Pete Molly's Revenge On Thu, Oct 27, 2011

Re: Spell checking on a Mac

On Oct 27, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Scott Morrow wrote: > > Here is some code that might give you a start on rolling your own using the > RunRevPlanet spell checker. I forgot to include a frontscript for the right-click feature… which was the whole point : ) this frontscript "pops-up" a button nam

Re: Spell checking on a Mac

Hello Pete, For a while I shipped an app that used XSpell < http://lestang.org/spip.php?article51 > an osax AppleScript extension that gives access to Apple's spell check engine. Obviously it isn't cross platform and requires a bit of scripting but it did handle the (for me) tough part of ret

Re: Spell checking on a Mac

Thanks Paul. The thing is, OS X has a spell checker built into it so I guess I'm really looking for any info on how to hook into that from Livecode. Most applications have a "Spelling and Grammar" entry in the Edit menu, and you can also control-click or right click a word for suggested correctio

Re: Spell checking on a Mac

Pete, See http://runrev.com/store/product/runrevplanet-spell-2_0/ On 10/27/2011 5:01 PM, Pete wrote: > Almost every Mac program that allows text entry allows you to correct > spelling by right-clicking on a word but it doesn't happen in LC text > fields. Any ideas as to how to implement this? I

Spell checking on a Mac

Almost every Mac program that allows text entry allows you to correct spelling by right-clicking on a word but it doesn't happen in LC text fields. Any ideas as to how to implement this? I'm assuming there must be some sort of spell checker built in to OS X. Pete Molly's Revenge