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jt1122

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Registered: 2021-03-26

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Spell checking in Mousepad

Hi,

Can mousepad perform a more versatile spell checking besides just showing a wavy red under-line, e.g. suggesting replacement words & using personal dictionaries?.

If not, any suggestions for an alternative text editor which works well with Xfce ?.

Thanks

Tamaranch

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Registered: 2020-12-31

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Re: Spell checking in Mousepad

Replacement suggestions and additions to the personal dictionary are available at the top of the context menu.

jt1122

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Re: Spell checking in Mousepad

Thanks but that's tedious - it requires selecting each underlined word manually then right click.

Is there a way to run something aspell so it auto-jumps from word to word?.

Tamaranch

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Registered: 2020-12-31

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Re: Spell checking in Mousepad

Not at the moment, but you can open an enhancement request for it on GitLab. There are Gspell APIs for that that could be used.

jt1122

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Re: Spell checking in Mousepad

Thanks again. Any suggestions for alternative editors which do have "aspell" type built-in checking?.

Tamaranch

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Re: Spell checking in Mousepad

Gedit allows it, as a plugin.

jt1122

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Re: Spell checking in Mousepad

Thanks.