On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 21:15 +0100, Grahame Blackwood wrote: > On Saturday 11 August 2007 19:06:49 Richard Heck wrote: > > Rather, I think > > instant spellcheck distracts from the process of writing. > > I agree with this. A spell checker highlighting in some way, anything it does > not understand, is most distracting and too easily breaks the thread of > thought. Much better, in my view to treat spell checking as a separate task. > That way you can do a global rejection of any offered correction of something > that is actually exactly what you wanted, or perhaps, add something to your > personal dictionary.
I concur with this totally. Furthermore, most of what I write using LyX is technical in nature. The yapping of a spell-checker would be bothersome and accelerate my descent into insanity. John O'Gorman > > Cheers > > G > > > >
