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

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