Any way to change the "red wavy underline"?

martyger · 08-03-2015, 11:00 AM

Is there any way to change the code-view "red wavy underline" for misspelled words to a more noticeable [yellow] highlight?

I often miss the RWU while proofreading, and I think a highlight would speed up the process for me. I assume it's a quick sigil.ini change in the [user_preferences] code-view section, but I can't seem to get it to work.

Thanks.

BetterRed · 08-03-2015, 10:13 PM

@martyger - FWIW F4 (key) will take you to the next spelling error.

BR

Notjohn · 08-04-2015, 06:23 AM

You can also do a spellcheck, though if you write fiction or like contractions, you'll have to add a lot of those to the dictionary (isn, hadn, doesn, etc).

DiapDealer · 08-04-2015, 01:11 PM

Pretty sure the highlighting used for spellcheck in Sigil's CodeView is not user configurable at this time. A quick glance at the Code View editor code tells me it's currently hardcoded in Qt.

lots of:

Code:

.underlineStyle() == QTextCharFormat::WaveUnderline

going on.

CORRECTION: you can change the color of the "Spelling Underline" via the normal Sigil preferences (normal "Appearance"-->CSS/Codeview settings). You won't, however, be able to change it from an underline (wavy or otherwise) to a highlight.

martyger · 08-04-2015, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Pretty sure the highlighting used for spellcheck in Sigil's CodeView is not user configurable at this time. A quick glance at the Code View editor code tells me it's currently hardcoded in Qt.

lots of:

Code:

.underlineStyle() == QTextCharFormat::WaveUnderline

going on.

CORRECTION: you can change the color of the "Spelling Underline" via the normal Sigil preferences (normal "Appearance"-->CSS/Codeview settings). You won't, however, be able to change it from an underline (wavy or otherwise) to a highlight.

Thanks. Since the ini file didn't have an option like

code_view_spelling_BACKGROUND_color=

I figured I was SOL.

The reason why it would be nice is that I edit hundreds of OCRed pages at a time. I use Spellcheck first -- and I F1 and F2 the multiple "misspellings" (usually proper names, and such). Then, with only 1-offs remaining (which usually are *real* misspellings), I just breeze through codeview and make the few corrections left. It would be nice if they jumped off the screen as yellow highlights...because my old tired eyes often miss the thin RWU.

Thanks for looking at the code.

Tex2002ans · 08-04-2015, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@martyger - FWIW F4 (key) will take you to the next spelling error.

I second using this shortcut. It saves so much time.

I also go into Edit - Preferences - Keyboard Shortcuts, and then change "Ignore Misspelled Word" to F5 (or a similarly easy button). I believe by default, it is not set to anything. Then I just quickly go through the book with a quick two-finger:

F4, F5, F4, F5, F4, F5, F4... wait, hold on... let me fix that... F5, F4, F5, [...]

I can then quickly blast through a book and fix many of the spelling errors.

Notjohn · 08-05-2015, 05:17 AM

Does Ignore put the word into the dictionary, or just ignore it?

rubeus · 08-05-2015, 05:55 AM

"Ignore" adds it to the dictionary, and "Add to dictionary" ignores it of course.

Found sarcasm? You may keep it.

theducks · 08-05-2015, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rubeus

"Ignore" adds it to the dictionary, and "Add to dictionary" ignores it of course.

Found sarcasm? You may keep it.

Ignore, mostly Ignores me

I try to hide Contractions or dialect: Sumtn' gos' bad

08-03-2015, 11:00 AM	#1
martyger Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: none	Any way to change the "red wavy underline"? Is there any way to change the code-view "red wavy underline" for misspelled words to a more noticeable [yellow] highlight? I often miss the RWU while proofreading, and I think a highlight would speed up the process for me. I assume it's a quick sigil.ini change in the [user_preferences] code-view section, but I can't seem to get it to work. Thanks.

08-04-2015, 01:11 PM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,358 Karma: 203720150 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Pretty sure the highlighting used for spellcheck in Sigil's CodeView is not user configurable at this time. A quick glance at the Code View editor code tells me it's currently hardcoded in Qt. lots of: Code: .underlineStyle() == QTextCharFormat::WaveUnderline going on. CORRECTION: you can change the color of the "Spelling Underline" via the normal Sigil preferences (normal "Appearance"-->CSS/Codeview settings). You won't, however, be able to change it from an underline (wavy or otherwise) to a highlight. Last edited by DiapDealer; 08-04-2015 at 01:18 PM.

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,631 Karma: 29710510 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@martyger - FWIW F4 (key) will take you to the next spelling error. BR

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Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,518 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	You can also do a spellcheck, though if you write fiction or like contractions, you'll have to add a lot of those to the dictionary (isn, hadn, doesn, etc).

08-05-2015, 05:17 AM	#7
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,518 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	Does Ignore put the word into the dictionary, or just ignore it?

08-05-2015, 05:55 AM	#8
rubeus Banned Posts: 272 Karma: 1224588 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Sony PRS 650	"Ignore" adds it to the dictionary, and "Add to dictionary" ignores it of course. Found sarcasm? You may keep it.