Bug 78751

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.2.1)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
OS:          Linux

This may preempt bug 71941 and/or 69469, but is slightly different.

The request is for KMail to have multiple status indicators for spelling status.

I am assuming that KSpell_AsYouTypeDisablePercentage is a configurable variable, and that the non-technical (read: GUI) user can access it.

The "states" of auto spell checking are:

1. Off (i.e. turned off)
2. On, but auto-disabled
3. On, and not caught up
4. On, and caught up (i.e. checked everything you've typed so far)

#1 probably does not need to be displayed, the state can be seen on the options menu.
#2 is already displayed in the text bar

The last two are important because it is definitely possible for the user to hit "send" before spelling is complete.  In a case where the checker has auto-disabled and auto-re-enabled, the user has an additional false sense of security that his text has been checked.

I believe that this feature may help find some more bugs, as I have seen 'blocking' type behaviours (first misspelling is red, subsequent does not get checked) and extremely slow spellcheckings.  

Also see my next request for another speller idea.