On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 12:23:49PM -0600, Ken Y. Clark wrote: > [snip] > > A bit off topic, but I have a similar need. I have a form where HTML is > > entered. I can easily parse out the text with HTML::Parser, and build a > > list of incorrectly spelled words, open in another window and show the > > words and a list for suggestions or a text field. I have not figured out > > how best to update the existing form inplace, though. I fear javascript > > is in my future. > > I helped implement a spell-checking system for a customer that was > pure mod_perl. In the end, though, a fairly sharp JavaScripter helped > make my somewhat-kludgy solution fairly elegant by popping up a > window, calling my stuff to replace misspelled words, then resetting > the original text with what was left in the pop-up when done checking > (or the user aborted). It wasn't that bad, but I'm glad I didn't have > to write the JavaScript.
There is a nice example for a spell-checking implantation like you wrote. Maybe it's helpful for somebody: http://demo.otrs.org/ (source: http://cvs.otrs.org/) > ky Martin -- Old programmers never die. They just branch to a new address.
