Hi,
In another projects I have embedded a web based spell checking tool (based on GNU Aspell ) to the text editing forms.
If the community finds it useful I would make it for the moodle editing forms.
Tell me what you think about it.
Hi,
I'll start coding ASAP. I hope it will be available in a few weeks.
Now to answer your questions:
Would it be optional?Yes, it MUST be optional, because ir requires the ASPELL GNU spell checking tool. Depending on system's performance can be a lille slow.
The mechanism consists in a button added next to the editing memo. when clicked it invokes a popup window that behaves like the MS Word spell checking window ( Higligths the misspelled word on the text, shows a list of suggestions and so on. )
Could it be turned on or off for,Well, I don't see wy it can't be done. But actually I don't have much experience in programming in the moogle environment. I supose that there will be no problem in that.
Could it be for different languages?Yes, but the system administrator will have to install the dictionaries for the ASPELL engine.
For more information on ASPELL
http://aspell.sourceforge.net/
Dictonaries ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/
The languages currently supported by ASPELL
http://aspell.net/devel-doc/man/Supported.html#Supported
Well that's it. I'll keep you informed.
Marc
Marc,
That would be great!
Currently I use "Hot Lingo", but this requires me to view forms in html mode before it will check them.
Jeff
Ludo, thank you! That would be an excellent addition.