Speed up Spell Check list traversal

[Toxaris]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I simply prefer the user interface offered by Sigil (and calibre) - i.e. a list of mispelt words, with a usage count.

That is why I also used that type of interface in my alternative check spelling procedure in my Word add-in. At the moment I do use the Word spelling engine, but that might change later...

[CalibUser]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Kovid added a neat feature to calibre's spell checker to deal with misplaced hyphens. If a mispelt word has a hyphen - eg 'con-sidered' - then if removal of the hyphen yields a valid word - i.e. 'considered' - then that word will be offered as the first choice in the list of suggestions.

My plugin at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=264378 will remove hyphens from mispelt words such as 'con-sidered', although it will not offer a list of suggested replacement words. Instead, the plugin will check each hyphenated word to determine whether or not a version of that word exists in the dictionary without a hyphen and, if so, it removes the hyphen.

[BetterRed]

I prefer Kovid's approach - puts the onus on me to make the correct choice.

Sometimes the hyphens are there for a reason, such as to indicate stuttering speech. Also some hyphenated compounds will mean something quite different if they're joined - can't think of one off hand, but I know them when I see them

BR