Re: [NTLK] Dictionary corruption?

From: John M. Powell (iwillbefreedotcom_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 17:29:04 EDT


Paul,

THanks - it was the caret issue. I didn't know the dictionary wasn't
active w/o a caret. Just tested it - that was it. Thanks for the tip.
I thought it was something more serious.

John

> >I've noticed something odd today. When I open up Notes and double-tap,
> >the words come up as not in the dictionary. If I write a new word out,
> >dictionary access seems to be restored (other words now show as good).
>
> Shown as good, what do you mean, in italics? Is there a chance that
> you are using alt.rec....?
>
> >Anybody ever see that? I don't remember it being this way before...
>
> Yeah, I've noticed this. I think this is because without a caret, no
> dictionary is considered as active, and with a caret, the
> dictionaries depending on where you're writing are considered as
> active.
>
> I might fix the problem with a workaround if you feel it painful. For
> various other reasons, including scrolling and so on, I prefer to put
> a caret before doing changes with the correction popup.
>
> Paul
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