<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&kspell;"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title >The &kspell; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author > <firstname >David</firstname > <surname >Sweet</surname > <affiliation > <address ><email >dsweet@chaos.umd.edu</email ></address > </affiliation > </author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >KDE British Conversion</contrib ></othercredit> </authorgroup> <date >2002-02-24</date> <releaseinfo >1.00.00</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para >&kspell; is the spelling checker used by KDE applications such as &kate;, &kmail;, and &kword;. It is a GUI frontend to <application >International ISpell</application > and <application >ASpell</application >.</para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword >spell</keyword> <keyword >spelling</keyword> <keyword >kspell</keyword> <keyword >ispell</keyword> <keyword >aspell</keyword> <keyword >check</keyword> <keyword >checker</keyword> <keyword >KDE</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="misspelled-word-dialog"> <title >Misspelled Word Dialogue</title> <!-- This one might need a paragraph of its own) --> <para >(If you do not have <application >Ispell</application > installed you can obtain it from the <ulink url="http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell.html" >International ISpell home page</ulink >. ASpell is available from the <ulink url="http://aspell.sourceforge.net/" >ASpell home page</ulink >.) </para> <sect1 id="general-use"> <title >General Use</title> <para ><anchor id="spelldlg"/> The top line in the dialogue displays a possibly misspelled word which was found in your document. &kspell; attempts to find an appropriate replacement word. One or several may be found. The best guess is shown to the right of <guilabel >Replacement:</guilabel >. To accept this replacement, click on <guibutton >Replace</guibutton >. You may also select a word from the list of <guilabel >Suggestions</guilabel > and then click <guibutton >Replace</guibutton > to replace the misspelled word with the selected word.</para> <para >To keep your original spelling, click on <guilabel >Ignore</guilabel >.</para> <para >To stop the spell checking -- keeping the changes you've already made -- click on <guibutton >Stop</guibutton >.</para> <para >To stop the spell checking and cancel the changes you've already made, click on <guibutton >Cancel</guibutton >.</para> <para >Clicking on <guibutton >Replace All</guibutton > will initially perform the same function as clicking on <guibutton >Replace</guibutton >, but will automatically replace the misspelled word with the chosen replacement word, if it appears again (at a later point) in your document.</para> <para >The <guibutton >Ignore All</guibutton > button ignores this and all future occurrences of the misspelled word.</para> <para >Clicking on <guibutton >Add</guibutton > will add the misspelled word to your personal dictionary (this is distinct from the original system dictionary, so the additions you make will not be seen by other users).</para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="configuration-dialog"> <title >Configuration Dialogue </title> <anchor id="configuration"/> <sect1 id="dictionaries"> <title >Dictionaries</title> <para >You can choose the dictionary to use for spell checking from the list of installed dictionaries.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="encodings"> <title >Encodings</title> <para >The most commonly used character encodings are: <variablelist > <varlistentry > <term >US-ASCII</term > <listitem > <para >This is the character set used for English text.</para > </listitem > </varlistentry > <varlistentry > <term >ISO-8859-1</term > <listitem > <para >This is used for Western European languages.</para > </listitem > </varlistentry > <varlistentry > <term >UTF-8</term > <listitem > <para >This is a Unicode encoding that can be used for almost any language, if your system has the necessary fonts.</para > </listitem > </varlistentry > </variablelist > </para> <para >You should select the one that matches the character set you are using. In some cases, dictionaries will support more than one encoding. A dictionary might, for example, accept accented characters when <guilabel >ISO-8859-1</guilabel > is selected, but accept email-style character combinations (like <literal >'a</literal > for an accented <literal >a</literal >) when <guilabel >US-ASCII</guilabel > is selected. Please see your dictionary's distribution for more information.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="spell-checking-client"> <title >Spell-checking client</title> <para >You may choose to use <application >Ispell</application > or <application >Aspell</application > as the spell-checking backend for &kspell;. <application >Ispell</application > is more widely available and may have better international support, but <application >Aspell</application > is gaining popularity as it claims to give better suggestions for word replacements.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="other"> <title >Other</title> <para >It is recommend that you do not change the first two options unless you have read the International <application >ISpell</application > man page.</para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="contact-information"> <title >Contact Information</title> <para >For more information about &kspell;, visit the <ulink url="http://www.chaos.umd.edu/~dsweet/KDE/KSpell" >&kspell; Home Page</ulink >. In particular, you will find information about programming the &kspell; C++ class.</para> <para >You may email the author/maintainer with questions and/or comments at <email >dsweet@kde.org</email >.</para> <para >KDE British Conversion Malcolm Hunter <email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></para> </chapter> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag: nil sgml-shorttag: t sgml-general-insert-case: lower End: -->
