[comp.sys.next] Spell Check in Text Object

thomsen@spf.trw.com (Mark R. Thomsen) (05/18/91)

Don't know. Can't find. Gotta ask.

In the Text object there are two methods called checkSpelling and
showGuessPanel. Allows an application using a text window to easily
provide spell checking. Very nice feature - one of those discoveries
during programming that makes you sit back and say a small 'thanks'
after wrestling with NeXTstep and PostScript for a while.

My questions are

  1) What is the dictionary? T-Maker's, as used in WriteNow?

  2) What is the algorithm for guessing? (I want to either modify
     it or know enough to know what to add to trick it so that it
     does a better job).

As always, thanks in advance,

Mark R. Thomsen