I would rather that we didn't implement such a
feature. It seems like a good idea on the surface, but
my experiences with "auto-correct" functions in word
processors have been less than helpful.
Stephen Gilbert
--- tarquin <tarquin(a)planetunreal.com> wrote:
I've been pondering.
There are some typos and common spelling mistakes
which are no-brainers
to catch and fix, but require a lot of grunt work.
Would it be possible, or desirable, to have a system
which does a search
for one particular error at a time, eg "recieve",
and corrects all the
pages it finds in batches, of say 20, to avoid
loading the server?
Obviously, this will deal with only a fraction of
the overall typo
checking, since many things depend on context (eg
"its" / "it's").
Would this be best implemented as a system tool, or
as a seperate script
(like the Eason's Bible Dictionary import)?
-- tarquin
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