Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jim Janney Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 07:53:53 -0600 Organization: As little as possible Lines: 27 Message-ID: <2pvcx9igb2.fsf@shell.xmission.com> References: <2ptyczln7x.fsf@shell.xmission.com> <2pei3zkhw1.fsf@shell.xmission.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="dZdavj/jUDynNQgDq5jkeA"; logging-data="31370"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18unW3MYjVSovm2ZH3Rs3ZJ" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qQ3wgV13N7vlXW5VbmTl93UXODg= sha1:JdBEZtRYdSz5n8mEq8aOW1cSq2k= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4211 jebblue writes: > On Sun, 15 May 2011 11:12:14 -0600, Jim Janney wrote: > >> Stanimir Stamenkov writes: >> >>> Thu, 12 May 2011 13:42:42 -0600, /Jim Janney/: >>> >>>> The default spell checker in Eclipse doesn't think plugin is a word. >>>> OK, I can kind of see that. But it doesn't like registry either. >>>> Hello? >>> >>> Just add the words to your user dictionary. >> >> Of course. I just found it amusing that Eclipse, well-known for its >> registry-based plugin architecture, would flag these words as possible >> misspellings. > > Plug-in is hyphenated. Plugin is not a word. Why is that surprising. One can argue whether it's a word, but it's definitely not a misspelling: many things that are not words are also not misspellings. And I didn't say surprising, only amusing, although I will plead guilty to being easily amused at times. -- Jim Janney