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Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions

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On 05/17/2011 11:40 AM, Jim Janney wrote:
> Jim Janney<jjanney@shell.xmission.com>  writes:
>
>> jebblue<n@n.nnn>  writes:
>>
>>> On Sun, 15 May 2011 11:12:14 -0600, Jim Janney wrote:
>>>
>>>> Stanimir Stamenkov<s7an10@netscape.net>  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.
>
> Now that I look carefully at the Eclipse documentation, I see they are
> consistent in spelling it plug-in.
>
> That's very different.  Never mind :-)

"Plugin" exists in the wild, and is documented by some as an alternate 
spelling.  Within a couple of years, I predict, it will be widely accepted, 
just as "resume" is for "résumé" today, and for the same reason.

Loss of the hyphen to become a true compound word is an historically frequent 
occurrence.

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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Eclipse spell checker omissions Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2011-05-12 13:42 -0600
  Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-13 14:44 +1200
  Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-05-14 21:23 +0300
    Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2011-05-15 11:12 -0600
      Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-05-16 01:17 +0300
        Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2011-05-16 08:51 -0600
          Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-16 11:22 -0400
      Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-16 14:25 +1200
        Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-15 22:28 -0400
      Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions jebblue <n@n.nnn> - 2011-05-16 20:18 -0500
        Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-16 21:28 -0400
        Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2011-05-17 07:53 -0600
          Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2011-05-17 09:40 -0600
            Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-17 11:53 -0400
              OT: Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid> - 2011-05-17 18:04 +0100
                Re: OT: Re: Eclipse spell checker omissions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-18 00:06 -0400

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