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Hoopy frood
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a seplkelcehcr is not ralely nedeed bsaceue we all hvae a shlcecelpker bilut rhgit idsine of our haeds ... it is mroe tahn jsut a hat rcak.
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Hoopy frood
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This reminds me of: alias mixit {
var %input = $strip($1-), %nr = 1
if (%input) {
while ($gettok(%input,%nr,32)) {
var %tok = $v1
if ($len(%tok) > 3) {
var %mid = $left($mid(%tok,2),-1), %done, %new
while ($numtok(%done,32) < $len(%mid)) {
var %char = $rand(1,$len(%mid))
if (!$istok(%done,%char,32)) { var %done = %done %char, %new = $+(%new,$mid(%mid,%char,1)) }
}
var %tok = $+($left(%tok,1),%new,$right(%tok,1))
}
var %out = %out %tok
inc %nr
}
if ($isid) { return %out }
elseif ($me ison $active) { msg $v2 %out }
}
}Now seriously: Besides the arguments against implementing a spell checker already pointed out, especially by Kelder and Mentality, playful 'misspelling' and 'creative writing' is imho a basic part of chat culture. To me, it's part of the charm of the little funny thing called IRC. Is there an event more boring than a flawless one?
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Babel fish
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@symphony: sort of, except that doesn't use aspell.
@RoCk: Yes we've all seen, and know about that "rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy".
@Horstl: Arguing that a spell checker isn't needed is stupid, as people want it. It's just a question of who, when and how.
I don't think a spell checker needs to be added into mIRC (even though other clients have them built in). A decent add-on is sufficient.
I've provided the "how", it's now just a question of making aspell usable with mIRC's $dll. So it's now just a question of who and when.
Anyone good with C/C++ and understand mIRC dlls? *grin*
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Hoopy frood
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@HM2K: I wasn't trying to educate anyone.
Arguing that a spell checker isn't needed is stupid, as people want it.
There will almost always be opposition to feature suggestions. It's expected and needed. Saying that arguing against a feature suggestion is stupid, is a stupid statement.
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Babel fish
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There will almost always be opposition to feature suggestions. It's expected and needed. Saying that arguing against a feature suggestion is stupid, is a stupid statement.
Of course not. You can't argue that people don't need or want it, because people are asking for it. The argument shouldn't be whether it's needed or not, we know people want it, it's a question of how it's going to be implemented. ie: It does not need to be a feature of mIRC because... it can be done as an optional addon.
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Hoopy frood
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@Horstl: Arguing that a spell checker isn't needed is stupid, as people want it. It's just a question of who, when and how. For my part, I did not argue; arguments akin/alike to those I'd bring forward have already been given (i.e. by the users I mentioned). I added an opinion. Now, you're turning not against my pov but the argumentation of these users with... well: no argument on your part, but an opinion ("is stupid") followed by an assertion ("as people want it") without evidence or reasoning - to me, this is a spurious argument or no argument at all. Please, return to a more constructive discussion...
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Babel fish
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Bold or no bold, you're arguing.
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Hoopy frood
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Argument or no argument, the last few posts have been pointless.
Khaled knows about the benefits of adding spell checking- he also knows about the difficulties in implementing it. Ultimately he will decide if it's worth the effort. He surely already has. He might revisit the issue sometime down the road. But if you want to implement it yourself you need not have a discussion about it here.. just go do it and come back when it's done.
- argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC
- "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"
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Babel fish
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My point of being on this thread was to recruit assistance.
Last edited by HM2K; 26/05/08 09:45 AM.
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Hoopy frood
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Perhaps a better place would be a devoted thread in the Developer Forum, then. That would keep the intentions more clear.
- argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC
- "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"
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Babel fish
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Unfortunately I don't have the authority to move this thread...
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Hoopy frood
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You don't need to move this thread. You just need to start a new one. This thread is for a feature suggestion in mIRC, it doesn't need to be moved anyway.
- argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC
- "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"
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Babel fish
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Self-satisified door
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i would love to have a spellchecker in mirc
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Babel fish
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I wouldn't mind a non-invasive in-line spellchecker, much like here in this comment box that Firefox is providing me. "spellchecker" isn't a known word, so it underlines it red. Many applications use such an approach.
I think user locale, options to change or include multiple locales, wouldn't encumber many users. If "lmao" was underlined, big deal? It's NOT a word or an abbreviation for 99% of dictionaries. Solution? Allow users to load standards following dictionary databases, override words, use a priority ranking system when using multiple databases, and etc.
I, however, wouldn't like an in-line spellchecker that offered suggestions! But if I'm spelling "separate" as "seperate" I certainly wouldn't mind it underlining the unrecognized word.
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Hoopy frood
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I guess your definition of invasive is a little more relaxed than mine. I find underlining words in red to be heavily invasive, especially given that a good 95% of conversations I've seen on IRC (purposefully) involve words/spellings that would never be found in a dictionary. Off the top of my head I can think of at least 1 or 2 occasions *per line* that would flag a spell checker (think 'id', 'youre', 'hes', all the obvious 'lol' stuff, and then all the geek conversations I have that involve file paths, acronyms, math formulas and plenty of code snippets <- this is typical of IRC conversations, imho). That's a lot of red underlines to be looking at. I'd rather not spend my time adding words to a dictionary when I could easily just be ignoring intentional mistakes.
Now of course some people might actually find this useful. I have a good feeling that the percentage is quite low. All I can hope is that it would not be a headache to implement should K decide to do so, should definitely *not* make "suggestions", and should definitely disable-able (because that's the first thing many would want to do).
- argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC
- "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"
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Pan-dimensional mouse
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just on a side note man, lol, this is a funny topic 
This is not the signature you are looking for
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Hoopy frood
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It's also not a gaming system, yet people make games for it. They also make 'notepads', and mp3 players, when its an IRC client. Yeah, "people do", these functions are not built into mIRC and nor should they be. /splay is different - it doesn't require Megabytes of dictionary files and nor does it do anything but kick WMP in the guts. UPDATE: Good Lord, I just realised how old this thread is... 
Last edited by Watchdog; 18/12/08 10:31 AM.
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Fjord artisan
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I guess your definition of invasive is a little more relaxed than mine. I find underlining words in red to be heavily invasive, especially given that a good 95% of conversations I've seen on IRC (purposefully) involve words/spellings that would never be found in a dictionary. Off the top of my head I can think of at least 1 or 2 occasions *per line* that would flag a spell checker (think 'id', 'youre', 'hes', all the obvious 'lol' stuff, and then all the geek conversations I have that involve file paths, acronyms, math formulas and plenty of code snippets <- this is typical of IRC conversations, imho). That's a lot of red underlines to be looking at. I'd rather not spend my time adding words to a dictionary when I could easily just be ignoring intentional mistakes. Grow the f**k up argv... (hey look argv is non-invasively underlined). Just please stop camping in these forums spouting that every suggestion that comes along is *bad* and *unless* etc. I am sick of hearing it. I assume lot's of others are too. You don't offer any real insight into things (much like this rant). But you have become a painful thorn in my side when viewing these forums. Blah blah I'll end this here... as this thread has possibly become off topic because of me... good now i'm mad at myself too. lol.
Beware of MeStinkBAD! He knows more than he actually does!
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