[Ipe-discuss] Spell checking in IPE?

[Michael Kruger]

Thanks Mandra and Otfried,

Actually, I am using Linux, so the suggested solution works perfectly for
me. I just connected vim, which I also use for editing LaTeX. Thus a
perfect solution.

Thanks!
Michael

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 11:33 AM Otfried Cheong via Ipe-discuss <
ipe-discuss at lists.science.uu.nl> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 6, 2021, at 19:26, Michael Kruger via Ipe-discuss wrote:
> > I would like to know whether it is possible to integrate a spell
> > checker into the 'text edit' boxes in IPE?
> >
> > I do not see anything in the IPE manual on spell checking, nor find
> > anything when Googling, but feel like it will be a useful feature.
>
> Adding spell checking has been on my todo list for ages.   On MacOS, it
> already works out of the box, but unfortunately neither Windows nor Linux
> offer a similar easy-to-use API.
>
> As Mandra says, on Linux it's easy to set up an external editor for all
> text editing, so that gives you spell checking for free.
>
> I guess you are asking for Windows?   Using an external editor is also
> possible there, but takes a bit more care.
>
> I'm not sure when I'll have time to add native spell checking for
> Windows/Linux - I need to check if there isn't some library that provides a
> spell-checked text widget for Qt.
>
> Cheers,
>   Otfried
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