Spell check again....?

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)
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I notice spell check is working, at least in the text creation dialogs.
I can’t find any info in help about it, so I must have turned it on using the test command (which I’ve forgotten) some time ago.

I have it on in both V7 and V8 and I’ve not noticed anything detrimental because of it.

So what is the story with this – can we expect to see it properly implemented and developed in V8, or is everyone hoping it will just go away because its too boring and hard to deal with?
I know its boring, but its very, very boring sending out documents and drawings with typos that the spell checker could pick up, and having them bought to ones attention by a client or colleagues.
Spell check is essential, not because I never learned how to spell, but because it picks up typos and double words and so on.

I’m a native English speaker, but I pity the poor bastards that have had to learn it as a second language, since its so complex in its grammar rules and positively archaic in its spelling rules, “American English” not withstanding…

cheers
rabbit

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It’s not a Rhino feature, so no.
It is a Windows feature and Rhino passes it through into the Rhino U/I you see.

Cheers

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We were seeing several lockups and crashes related to the spell check feature in Windows. We’ll turn the feature back on by default when we are comfortable that crashes won’t happen.

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Even being fluent English does not mean I can or want to work without a speller.

It was reported as being slow in Rhino 8 WIP on some computers.
So the decision was made to turn it off by default.

  1. You can turn it on this this command:
    TestToggleSpellCheckOnAnnotationText

  2. Close and reopen Rhino.

  3. Test.
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If you have issue with speed or stability, you can toggle it back off again.
Let us know how it works for you.

Sincerely,
Mary Ann Fugier

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8.5.24058.13001, 2024-02-27)
Well, as far as I am concerned, this works without any problem, but then it always did (as far as I can tell) from way back for me anyway.

However, it has a way to go - anywhere there is text, it should work. It never has for notes, which is a big shame; I write a lot of notes over the course of a project, and I like to use the rhino notes because they save with the file.
I’ve given up asking for it, and I’ve given up asking for the notes in general to be tuned up - they could be such a great asset.

thanks
rabbit

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Once i type this in once does it work forvever?

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Hi @snak,
It will be remembered when you close Rhino.

However, if install Rhino on a new computer, or set Rhino back to defaults with the Rhino 8 Reset command or manually delete the XML setting files, you will need to enable it again.

Sincerely,
Mary Ann Fugier

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