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Adding a word to spell check

JimmyTaliban

Nov 1, 2008, 1:12 PM
Obama shows up as not being a word, anyway to fix that? 😁
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llama

Nov 1, 2008, 2:58 PM
please keep up with the rest of the class...
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JimmyTaliban

Nov 4, 2008, 1:07 PM
I would have thought you proposed Osama being added rather than Obama.
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Rich Brome

Nov 1, 2008, 3:08 PM
Hmm... I guess I never provided a full reply in the other thread, so here goes:

Adding words to the spell checker is on the to-do list, but to be honest, it's way down there in terms of priority.

Our spell checker does have a custom word option, but it would require quite a bit of new code on my part to actually implement it here on the site, for several reasons.

I don't see it as a terrible inconvenience as it is now. If it doesn't recognize a word, it's usually obvious why it's not in the spell checker's dictionary. Proper names like "Obama" and "Verizon" being good examples. It's not hard to see why it was flagged and skip over it.

Plus, many browsers have a built-in spell checker now.

For those reasons, the cost/benefit of...
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JesusSaves

Nov 3, 2008, 8:39 AM
Besides pretty soon nobody will have need to use the word obama. 🤣
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MildManneredClarkGrunion

Nov 4, 2008, 10:38 AM
JesusSaves said:
Besides pretty soon nobody will have need to use the word obama,without the word PRESIDENT in front of it. 🤣


Corrected 😎
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