Spell-check support on Github

[orschiro]

Dear all,

First I got in touch with the Github team regarding my question. They then forwarded me to your project since Github is using ACE.

I was wondering whether it is possible to enable Chrome's in-built spell-check functionality in ACE when editing .md files. I consider this highly useful since .md files mostly contain content meant for humans to read.

Thankfully,

Robert

[nightwing]

Unfortunately browsers do not give a way to access in-built spell-checker. We can use typo.js for english spellchecker but it's a bit large.

[orschiro]

Dear @nightwing

We can use typo.js for english spellchecker but it's a bit large.

I think this would be great! At least for the Github case, I assume that most readme.md files are composed in English.

Do others feel comfortable with integrating typo.js?

Warmly,

Robert

[rocketinventor]

Sounds good!

[rocketinventor]

Wait, if ace uses an invisible text box for text editing, why can't it be made visible and expanded to the full token?

This would remove the need for an external library and, it would likely improve touch screen support.

[yozachar]

Any related PR's yet?

... 5 years later :)

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[andrewnester]

Closing in favor of duplicate #2107