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Wilder Robles · Post by **Wilder Robles** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:37 pm

I wish Bookends could have an integrated spelling in multiple languages. Maybe the next version with Mellel can nicely integrate this option handy. Obviously, borrowing Mellel's spelling. I tried to use CocoAspell through Services with Bookends and I was not lucky.
In any case, Bookends is a solid product that wworks much better than endnote. It has rarely crushed BTW,
Wilder

Post by **Jon** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:20 pm

Hi Wilder,

Spell checking is something we are going to look into after Bookends 8 is out. Although if we implement it, it will be via OS X, and I'm not sure they allow multiple languages at once...

Jon
Sonny Software

Wilder Robles · Post by **Wilder Robles** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:02 am

Thanks for your response Jon. Even if multiple spelling is not included in V. 8, I would be just happy with an English spelling. I am wondering why to go to Services and not to borrow Mellel's spelling?
Wilder

Post by **Jon** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:14 am

I'm not sure what you mean. Mellel doesn't offer a spelling Service. There is free one, though, that you can install: CocoaAspell

It can be found at

http://www.ict.usc.edu/~leuski/cocoaspell/home.html

I haven't used it, but it looks like it would fit the bill (and it has dictionaries for many languages).

Jon
Sonny Software

Wilder Robles · Post by **Wilder Robles** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:23 pm

Jon:
I mean why just Bookends does not directly use Mellel's spelling, which actually has many languages? Is this difficult. I used Cocoa Spelling, but Bookends does not support Spelling through services. Am I correct here? I could not make it to work,
Cheers,
Wilder

Post by **Jon** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:45 am

Bookends supports Services in OS 10.2 or later, so it should support spelling via CocoaASpell (there can be a problem with DevonThink Word Services preventing Bookends from accessing Services in OS 10.2 -- not sure about 10.3).

As for supporting spelling via Mellel -- that would require that they provide spelling as a Service that anyone can access. I doubt that is something they would want to spend any time on...

If/when we provide this, we would not make it require another application like Mellel.

Jon
Sonny Software

Wilder Robles · Post by **Wilder Robles** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:49 am

Jon:
you are right. I am using Devon Word Service and CocoaSpell with OX 10.35. Obviously there is a problem here as I cannot make Bookends to access the speller via Services,
Any help?
Wilder

Post by **Jon** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:53 am

Wilder Robles wrote:Jon:
you are right. I am using Devon Word Service and CocoaSpell with OX 10.35. Obviously there is a problem here as I cannot make Bookends to access the speller via Services,
Any help?

You have to uninstall Devon Word Services -- it's either a bug in their software or in OS X, but whichever, Word Services disables Services for Carbon apps (like Bookends).

Jon
Sonny Software

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