[Using Sakai] FCKEditor Spell Check

[Matthew Jones]

Thanks John, I didn't know someone had already written this up. This should
be easy to merge in so someone could use it, and it has already has a
property value for the path "aspell.path".

Seems like it should do some minor error checking, like to see if aspell
exists, and change the fck_config if this is available, etc.

Here was the forum with this info. [1] I can follow up on this as soon as I
get a little free time if no-one else does first, as this would be a good,
easy interim solution.

[1] http://cksource.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7219
<http://cksource.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7219>

Thanks!

-Matthew

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:35 PM, John Bush <jbush at rsmart.com> wrote:

> 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-4069 for 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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