On Tuesday 15 June 2010 12:00:21 John Beardmore wrote: > mrdocs wrote: > > On 6/3/10 10:23 PM, mrdocs wrote: > > > > The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.3.7. > > This new release brings us closer to version the next stable release > > 1.4. > > > > During this development period the team focused on stabilty and > > correctness. > > > > Almost 50 bugs have been resolved since the release of 1.3.6. In > > addition, Scribus 1.3.7 provides some minor enhancements: > > > > * New Scripter functions > > * Usability improvements > > * Translation updates > > * Updates to the documentation > > * PDF bookmark export fixes > > * Text layout fixes > > > > The Scribus Team considers this version to be quite stable and ready for > > many real-world use cases. However, since there are still some > > annoyances that prevent us from releasing version 1.4, more cautious > > users may want to prefer to stick with the officially stable version > > 1.3.3.14. > > Hi folks, > > Is three any more progress towards spell checking under windows in the > Scribus development releases ? I had the impression that this was > fairly imminent with no technical barrier a year or so ago, just a > matter of including aspell.h and shiiping the library with the windows > distribution. But no mention or sign of implementation since ? > > It would be very useful for some of us ! > > > Cheers, J/. For long passages of text it make sense to prepare the text via an editor program (I use Gvim) and use the built-in spell checker in that program. Alternatively I like to use the ispell stand alone spell checker after the document text is completed. Ispell is of course delivered with most Linux systems or is easily downloadable. It is also available for Windows. I find it to be a very fast way to check/correct spelling. Most corrections are single key stroke.
I recognize that using a stand-alone text entry editor with a built-in spell checker and/or using a stand-alone spell checker after text entry are unfamiliar paths for most Windows user. But that is the road to real efficiency, even on Windows. I would not want to use the story editor for extensive text entry, with or without a spell checker. Instead I suggest keying text, then spell-checking text, then flowing the text into Scribus. YMMD of course. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.scribd.com/doc/24676863/ http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
