GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 308324
"Highlight Misspelled Words" toggle should be retained for new documents
Last modified: 2020-11-24 09:57:52 UTC
Distribution/Version: Ubuntu Hoary It would be nice if the Auto-Spellcheck toggle was maintained for newly opened documents. I realize this isn't *always* what the user wants (I could have a README in one tab and source code in another), but it is frequently what the user wants (and especially what a non-expert/non-coding user would want). For my use case, this is a frequent annoyance, as I have to type Alt-T A for every document I open to turn autospellcheck on. It's also frustrating since I unconsciously *assume* spellchecking is turned on for new documents (since I already turned it on) and then incorrectly assume there are no errors in my newly opened (but error-filled) document. In my mind this latter assumption -- presumably shared by many users -- is reason enough to make the "Autospell-Check" option stick for all newly opened documents. If the user did not intend for the new document to be spellchecked, it will be immediately evident what has happened if they open a document and see non-words underlined in red. On the other hand, if a user *did* intend for autospellchecking and opens a new document and spellchecking is turned off, there is no obvious way for the user to discover that spellchecking is not happening. Note, this bug is related to but distint from bug #305055.
I agree with you. But I think it should act in a more "sophisticated" way. If the new file is a file containing code (a C file for example) the "Autospell-Check" option should be automatically switched to "off".
This looks like a dup of bug #305055
As said by the bug reporter this bug is related to but distint from bug #305055.
Confirming with 3.2
Would be nice, if gedit has an option to leave spell check on by default for new documents ( one where spellcheck metadata is not present ). __self: set metadata::gedit-spell-enabled: 0, to allow gedit to distinguish if spell check was manually disabled, assuming auto-enable spellcheck.
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