Thanks Wouter.  That was extremely helpful.  I know that there are going to
be people jumping all over me for this, but I am actually more interested in
implementing this feature for Webkit.  The one thing I want to ask though is
how spell checking is actually implemented.  How is it done for the default
Gecko build of Epiphany?  Is it a product of the rendering engine or the
browser?

On 9/19/07, Wouter Bolsterlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 2007-09-18 klockan 21:04 skrev Nick Manley:
> > Hi, I am new here, but I am interested in getting involved with the
> > development process of Epiphany.  I have a couple of questions in
> > regard to the spell checking feature.
> >
> > As I understand it, the spell checker is an extension of Gecko.  Am I
> > correct in assuming that if Epiphany is compiled with Webkit, then
> > that feature is lost?  And what are the plans for having spelling
> > corrections in a right-click context menu like Firefox has for
> > misspelled words?  Will that be an extension or built into the
> > browser, and what is the current process on this addition?
>
> Not sure whether this is directly related, but there is a bug about spell
> checking support in GTK+ directly. See for more information (CC yourself):
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383706
>
>   mvrgr, Wouter
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