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Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app
Date 2 Jan 2014 02:32:06 GMT
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On 2014-01-02, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <bijraeFk459U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2014-01-02, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> > In article <52c453e3$0$52739$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
>> >  Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <lybanon-65107C.11131101012014@70-3-168-216.pools.spcsdns.net>,
>> >> Matthew Lybanon  <lybanon@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >I understand that it probably just looks like one continuous block of 
>> >> >text to the spelling checker.  But does anybody know of some secret 
>> >> >flag, or something, that can tell the spelling checker to restrict its 
>> >> >search to only the text that I type?
>> >> 
>> >> What is the problem with it checking quoted text? Does it slow down
>> >> the spellchecking? Do the underlined words annoy you? Something else?
>> >
>> > If you're not going to correct the errors (would you?), what's the point 
>> > of marking them?
>> 
>> I don't see the problem. Are you unable to ignore them?
>
> I almost never use spell checkers. One of the reasons is that I find 
> those red squigglies really annoying. My communication is full of lots 
> of abbreviations and technical jargon that isn't in the dictionaries. 
> Yes, I know you can update them, but it's a PITA.

So turn it off. 

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JR

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Spelling Checker in Mail.app Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-01 11:13 -0600
  Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-01-01 17:44 +0000
    Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-01 19:40 -0500
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-02 00:48 +0000
        Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-01 19:53 -0500
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-02 02:32 +0000
            Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-02 09:38 -0500
    Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-02 09:02 -0600
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-02 09:12 -0600
        Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-02 16:46 +0000
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-01-02 16:48 +0000
    Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-02 17:04 +0000
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-02 12:18 -0500
        Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-03 19:51 +0000
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-03 14:58 -0500
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-03 18:29 -0500
            Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-04 13:15 +0000
              Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-04 11:05 -0500
                Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-05 13:05 +0000
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-03 08:03 +1100
        Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-03 19:51 +0000
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-04 08:17 +1100
            Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-04 15:31 +0000
              Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-04 16:03 +0000
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-02 23:31 +0000
        Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-03 20:34 +0000
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-03 16:38 -0500
            Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-04 13:15 +0000
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-04 17:40 +0000
            Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-05 13:05 +0000
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2014-01-02 18:51 -0500

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