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diff --git a/help/C/gedit-spellcheck.page b/help/C/gedit-spellcheck.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..063fe59 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/gedit-spellcheck.page @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="topic" style="task" + id="gedit-spellcheck"> + + <info> + <link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-default-plugins" /> + <desc>Check your files for spelling errors.</desc> + <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/> + <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-21" status="review"/> + + <credit type="author"> + <name>Jim Campbell</name> + <email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email> + </credit> + <credit type="author"> + <name>Baptiste Mille-Mathias</name> + <email>baptistem@gnome.org</email> + </credit> + <credit type="author"> + <name>Sindhu S</name> + <email>sindhus@live.in</email> + </credit> + + <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> + + </info> + + <title>Spell-check your document</title> + <section id="enable-spell-check"> + <title>Enable the spell checker</title> + <p>The Spell-check feature is provided as a plugin in <app>gedit</app> which + can be enabled as required. To enable the plugin:</p> + + <steps> + <item> + <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui> + <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui> + <gui style="tab">Plugins</gui></guiseq>.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Spell Checker</gui> to enable the + plugin.</p> + </item> + </steps> + + </section> + + <section id="spell-check"> + <title>Spell-check your document</title> + + <p>To check for misspelt words in your document:</p> + + <steps> + <item> + <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Tools</gui> + <gui style="menuitem">Check Spelling</gui></guiseq>.</p> + </item> + </steps> + + <note style="tip"> + <p>To have <app>gedit</app> automatically highlight misspelt words in your + document as you type, select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Tools</gui><gui + style="menuitem">Highlight Misspelled Words</gui></guiseq>.</p> + </note> + </section> + + <section id="use-spell-check"> + <title>Using spell-check</title> + + <p>You can choose the right substitution for misspelt words using the Check + Spelling dialog. The misspelt word being checked by the spell-checker is + displayed in bold style next to <gui>Misspelled word:</gui>. + You can choose from the following corrective actions:</p> + + <list> + <item> + <p><gui style="input">Change to:</gui> allows you to input a word and + use <gui style="button">Check Word</gui> to check the validity of the + spelling.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><gui style="menu">Suggestions:</gui> lists the available + substitutions for the word.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><gui style="button">Ignore</gui> allows you to bypass spell check for + <em>a</em> instance of current word.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><gui style="button">Ignore All</gui> allows you to bypass spell check + for <em>all</em> instances of the current word.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><gui style="button">Change</gui> substitutes the misspelt or + unrecognized word with <em>a</em> chosen substitute from the + <gui style="menuitem">Suggestions:</gui> list.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><gui style="button">Change all</gui> substitutes <em>all</em> + misspelt or unrecognized words with the chosen substitute from the + <gui style="menuitem">Suggestions:</gui> list.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><gui style="button">Add word</gui> allows you to add the current word + to the <app>gedit</app> <gui>User dictionary</gui>. Adding custom words + to the <gui>User dictionary</gui> will allow <app>gedit</app> to + recognize the word in documents and thus will not be highlighted as a + misspelt word.</p> + </item> + </list> + + </section> + + <section id="define-spell-check-language"> + <title>Define the language to use for spell checking</title> + <p>By default, <app>gedit</app> will use your current language to spell + check your document. If you need to use another language, choose + <guiseq><gui style="menu">Tools</gui><gui style="menuitem">Set + Language…</gui></guiseq>, then choose the language you want to use.</p> + </section> + + <section id="dict"> + <title>Dictionaries</title> + + <p><app>gedit</app> uses + <link href="https://www.abisource.com/projects/enchant/">Enchant</link>, + a small system utility, for spell checking. Enchant can use + several different dictionaries to check your spelling. Two such + dictionary back-ends are <em>Hunspell</em> and <em>Aspell</em>.</p> + + <p>If the language you want to use is not available in <app>gedit</app>, + use your computer's software installer or package manager to install the + dictionary back-end that you want.</p> + </section> +</page> |