@unfairrobot - not many authors use Sigil as their primary tool , most use a word processor or writer tools such as Scrivener or yWriter. Some spell check and correct as they type into their primary tools, others use their primary tools spell checker periodically.
In that scenario, it shouldn't be necessary to use Sigil's spell checker to find and correct run-of-the-mill misspellings. Although it is useful as a secondary check, providing consistent dictionaries are used.
However its list presentation and options to list all words, do case-sensitive sorts, and apply filters take it beyond conventional spell-checking to facilitate checks for spelling inconsistencies, erroneous hyphens, the 'wrongful' use of digits etc.
For me, Sigil is to the e-book world, what the copy-editor (partially), the printer and bookbinder are to the paper book world. One wouldn't expect (or even want) a printer to be responsible for spelling corrections.
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Last edited by BetterRed; 12-19-2016 at 05:05 PM.
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