Nice for replacing the UI.  The actual spell checker seems to handle
HTML better too.  I haven't looked since I did the Jazzy integration,
are there good Java->aspell libraries?

Maybe we could break it out as a seperate module or plugin or whatever
so lame-o's like me who deploy to Windows could ignore it?

On 4/17/06, Elias Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about this one?
>
> http://www.broken-notebook.com/spell_checker/index.php
>
> I believe it's BSD License. The only thing I believe is that it depends
> on aspell (a Linux binary), but maybe that can be replaced. All we
> really need is the UI code, don't we have the rest?
>
> -Elias
>
> Allen Gilliland wrote:
> > +1 on ditching it.  we can definitely find something better.
> >
> > -- Allen
> >
> >
> > Lance Lavandowska wrote:
> >> Kill the jazzy spell-checker.  I've never been terribly happy with it
> >> myself, and I integrated it.  I had a horrible time trying to build an
> >> interface without relying on javascript (something I am loath to do),
> >> and I never could figure out how to get it to ignore html tags.
> >>
> >> Lance
> >>
> >> On 4/17/06, Matt Raible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> While I've used it a couple times, using Google or OS X's dictionary
> >>> is usually a lot faster.  I'd love to use a spell checker like GMail
> >>> or Zimbra have - those are pretty slick.
> >>>
> >>> Matt
> >>>
> >>> On 4/17/06, Dave Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>> When implementing entry summary/content, I left the spell-checker in
> >>>> place, but only for entry text/content as before. I didn't do the
> >>>> extra work to enable spell-checking of entry summary. I must admit.
> >>>> I've never been really happy with the spell-checker and I wonder:
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anybody actually use the Roller spell-checker?
> >>>>
> >>>> There are some problems with it:
> >>>> - The dictionary is tiny
> >>>> - The Jazzy component is LGPL licensed
> >>>> - The user interface is unpleasant
> >>>> - All HTML elements are marked as misspellings
> >>>>
> >>>> Personally, I'd like to drop it entirely and (at an unspecified
> >>>> future time) seek an alternative.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any thoughts on the spell checker?
> >>>> Any suggestions for an alternative?
> >>>>
> >>>> - Dave
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >
>

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