Bug 71941

Summary: Improve spell-checking feedback
Product: [Unmaintained] kmail Reporter: brad <bkn>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: wishlist CC: bluedzins
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description brad 2004-01-06 00:21:44 UTC 
Version:           1.5.93 (kde 3.2 beta 2) (using KDE KDE 3.1.94)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
Compiler:          gcc3.2 

KDE Version: 3.1.94 (kde 3.2 beta 2)
KMail version: 1.5.93

Problem Description:
When composing an email and as-you-type spell checking is disabled because of too many misspelled words, the spell check button in the toolbar is still depressed, which would signify that spell checking is still enabled.

Reproduce:
- Start a new message in kmail with as-you-type spellchecking enabled. (note: the
   spellcheck icon in the toolbar should be depressed)
- Start typing a message with many misspelling to trigger As-you-type spellchecking to
  disabled itseld because of too many misspellings.

At this point, As-you-type spellchecking is disabled, but the spellcheck icon in the toolbar is still depressed signifying that spellchecking is enabled.
Comment 1 Thiago Macieira 2004-01-06 21:13:40 UTC 
It's not completely disabled. It's disabled for a while and the display of misspelt words. If you continue typing with correct words, the checking will kick in again (after a time and a threshold, I assume).

Imagine I am writing something in my native language (Portuguese) but with a lot of technical terms in English. Have the checker get disabled everytime I make a misspelling because I am at the threshold would be very annoying.

I would close your bug report as WONTFIX.
Comment 2 Ingo Klöcker 2004-01-07 19:09:25 UTC 
The depressed icon indicates that automatic spell-checking is enabled. If you click then icon then automatic spell-checking will be completely disabled. I agree that it's a bit confusing but doesn't the tooltip say "automatic spell checking" (or something similar)?

Anyway, KMail behaves as intended. So I downgrade your bug report to a wish.
Comment 3 Walt Shekrota 2004-11-29 05:22:31 UTC 
You need a bigger threshold (or none) at least in the beginning so that this design doesn't look stupid! Lower it later.

example
I type 1 correct word and one misspelled word. Immediately you can see it make the misspell red and then black again. At the bottom you see...
this disabled as-you-type mode 

then type another word correctly and the second one becomes red again.

In a 2 word document the algorithm does not work.
Hope this helps .... because it works great in bigger documents!
Thanks.
-Walt
Comment 4 Don Sanders 2004-12-21 09:22:00 UTC 
> ------- Additional Comments From kloecker@kde.org  2004-01-07 19:09 -------
...
> Anyway, KMail behaves as intended. So I downgrade your bug report to a
> wish.

Thanks. (I have no plans to 'fix' this).

Don.
Comment 5 Maciej Pilichowski 2008-01-28 19:00:19 UTC 
Is this behaviour not changed already?
Comment 6 Thomas McGuire 2008-05-02 16:31:19 UTC 
This is not in issue in KDE4 anymore, since the spellcheck is not disabled when there are too many errors.