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From: gjditchfield@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca (Glen Ditchfield)
Subject: Re: System 7.0 suggestion
Message-ID: <1990Jul16.185620.2538@watmath.waterloo.edu>
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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 90 18:56:20 GMT
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In article <2022@sparko.gwu.edu> rjohnson@seas.gwu.edu () writes:
>In article <1806@hsi86.hsi.UUCP> kenney@hsi.com (Brian Kenney) writes:
>>In article <5@genco.uucp> rad@genco. (Bob Daniel) writes:
>>>It would be nice if System7 had a Spelling Manager with a standard dictionary
>>>and the ability to add specialized dictionaries (Engineering, Medical, etc.).
>
>You must admit, however, that having 3 or 4 spell checkers is a real pain.
>I agree that it should not be a part of the system though.  Software
>developers should come up with a standard dictionary that can be accessed 
>by various spell checking 'engines'.

I though System 7.0 is supposed to have an Inter-Application Communications
Dohickey (or something like that), so that applications can talk to each
other.  I thought that meant that we will buy one spelling-checker
application, and when it starts up it will tell the system "Howdy! Ah'm a
spelling checker and hypenator.  Anybody got any questions about that
stuff, you just send 'em right along to me, hear?"