[Mediawiki-l] Re: Spell-checker

[Jan Steinman]

> From: Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org>
> On 12/12/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
>> On 12/12/05, Jan Steinman <Jan at bytesmiths.com> wrote:
>>>> From: Simon Renshaw <simon at castortech.com>
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to add a spell-checker to the wiki (version 1.5.3)?
>>>
>>> Personally, I think that's the responsibility of the client.
>>>
>> One great thing about putting it into the client would be that it
>> could use a collaboratively maintained dictionary.
>>
> Damn, I mean the server, of course.  How well does the OS X software
> work with mediawiki markup?

I'm not sure what you mean. It's Unix. "It Just Works"(TM).

I do see the value of a collaboratively maintained dictionary. But  
I'm spoiled by "as you tpye^H^H^Hype" automatic spelling correction,  
and the thought of going back to batch spelling correction makes me  
think about flint knives and stone axes.

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