[Using Sakai] FCKEditor Spell Check

[John Bush]

We found a jsp version of that code which we've been using for about a year,
I had to slightly modify it just to set the aspell path from
sakai.properties,  see comments
http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-4069for more info, its
attached there.

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Matthew Jones <jonespm at umich.edu> wrote:

> Right, there is a client side library (speller pages) that works with FCK,
> but requires some server setup, and the extension only exists in php/perl
> currently. [1] There's no convenient version of this written as a servlet
> that links up with aspell that I know about, and we haven't had a strong
> demand to install it at UoM. It shouldn't be much work to setup though and
> change the fck config, especially if you have a server setup that already
> uses apache or iis in front of tomcat with mod_jk/ajp.
>
> We are also planning on adding a tab to user preferences to configure
> editor preferences. One of the options will be allow the user to choose that
> the right click button work like they expect when the nearly any browser
> detects a misspelled word (and adds a red line under it). Using the browser
> spell checker is usually the most convenient, but most users don't know they
> can get to this menu it with command+right click (or control+right on
> windows). There's an fck option to change the default but then users won't
> know how to get the editor context menu up. :(
>
> Also, we are continuing to work on the possibility of upgrading the editor
> to CKEditor (hopefully for a 2.7.x release) (SAK-17880). This will give us
> the option of using the very nice library "After the Deadline" [2] which has
> spelling, grammar and style checking, but only exists as a plugin for CK and
> Tiny, as FCK is depreciated.
>
> [1]
> http://docs.cksource.com/FCKeditor_2.x/Developers_Guide/Configuration/Spell_Checker#Spell_Checker_Configuration
> [2] http://afterthedeadline.com/
>
> <http://docs.cksource.com/FCKeditor_2.x/Developers_Guide/Configuration/Spell_Checker#Spell_Checker_Configuration>
>
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Speelmon, Lance Day <lance at indiana.edu>wrote:
>
>> It has been a while since I looked at this, but I believe the spell
>> checker can be hosted on a server so that installing iespell on the client
>> is unnecessary.  L
>>    *
>>
>> *
>> *Lance Speelmon*
>> Scholarly Technologist
>>
>> On May 3, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Beauchemin, Russell wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Does anyone know if they are going to be releasing a spell check for the
>> FCKeditor in a later version of Sakai that does not require the installation
>> of a third-party app like iespell?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Russell Beauchemin
>> Instructional Design Specialist
>> Roger Williams University
>> One Old Ferry Rd.
>> Bristol, RI 02809
>> Email. rbeauchemin at rwu.edu
>> Tel. 401.418.0098
>>
>>
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