c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) (10/01/90)
A colleague of mine uses MacWrite II for extensive word processing on a MacPlus and has found the spelling checker to be irritating and useless. The problem is that the program spends too long compiling long lists of "suggested" changes for simple typo's, e.g., if he types "th" instead of "the" MacWrite will chug away for several minutes searching for words that begin with "th" to suggest as alternatives. Is there anyway to circumvent this "feature". (I've already suggested switching to an fx, where I'm sure the delay is less noticeable.) In other words, can MacWrite be configured (or hacked) to find misspellings and *not* suggest changes? Alternately, can anyone suggest a different word processor for which the spelling interface is less slow? Thanks, --Walter _____________________________________________________________________________ Walter Carlip **** carlip@ace.cs.ohiou.edu **** (the "3" is invisible) **** c3ar%finite.chi.il.us@gargoyle.uchicago.edu **** _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Walter Carlip **** c3ar@finite.chi.il.us **** (the "3" is invisible) **** c3ar%finite.chi.il.us@gargoyle.uchicago.edu **** _____________________________________________________________________________
gersh@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (John R. Gersh) (10/01/90)
In article <1990Sep30.181024.9486@midway.uchicago.edu> c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) writes: >A colleague of mine uses MacWrite II for extensive word processing on a >MacPlus and has found the spelling checker to be irritating and useless. >The problem is that the program spends too long compiling long lists of >"suggested" changes for simple typo's, e.g., if he types "th" instead of >"the" MacWrite will chug away for several minutes searching for words that >begin with "th" to suggest as alternatives. > >Is there anyway to circumvent this "feature". This may not be a complete solution to the problem, but the MacWrite II spelling checker is interruptible. You do not have to wait until the list of suggestions is complete before making your choice of actions. In other words, you can click on a item in the list or on a button in the spell-check dialog while the list of suggestions is still being compiled. Shortly thereafter (where the length of "shortly" depends on the machine speed, of course) MacWrite II will stop looking for suggestions and take the action. - John Gersh --------------------------------------------------------------------- gersh@aplpy.jhuapl.edu {backbone!}mimsy!aplcen!aplcomm!gersh The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins Rd., Laurel, MD 20723 (301) 953-5503