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[udo]

Hi there,

I badly miss that there is no keystroke to start Spell Catcher checking the Clipboard with a keystroke that works even if Spell Catcher is not the foremost application. This could be done through providing an AppleScript command for "Check spelling". Or by providing a keystroke equivalent in the regular menu. Under OS X, I used QuicKeys to launch the OS 9 Spell Catcher. In OS X I tried two keystroke utilities, but neither can access a menu that is on the Dock.

Example of how it might work
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tell application "Spell Catcher"
activate
spellcheck the clipboard
end tell

Or better yet (saving two more keystrokes--copy to Clipboard and paste back to source)

tell application "Spell Catcher"
set the theForemostApp to the active application -- I am ad-libbing here
activate
spellcheck the selection in the theForemostApp
paste correctedText to selection in theForemostApp -- more ad-libs
deactivate
end tell

[Evan Gross]

udo, on Sep 15 2003, 08:48 PM, said:

Hi there,

I badly miss that there is no keystroke to start Spell Catcher checking the Clipboard with a keystroke that works even if Spell Catcher is not the foremost application. This could be done through providing an AppleScript command for "Check spelling". Or by providing a keystroke equivalent in the regular menu. Under OS X, I used QuicKeys to launch the OS 9 Spell Catcher. In OS X I tried two keystroke utilities, but neither can access a menu that is on the Dock.

If Spell Catcher's input method is active, there is indeed a global keyboard shortcut to invoke Check Selection. Same goes for apps that support the Services menu, as long as the OS hasn't "hijacked" the shortcut for Check Selection.

But true, there's no way to add a keyboard shortcut to a Dock menu item.

And AppleScript wouldn't be a bad way to go if you didn't use the input method (yes, folks, it's optional - no need to activate it if you don't ues as-you-type features).

Thanks for the suggestion! AppleScript support will be slightly better in 10.1, but probably won't be all that I had hoped for until a later release (other things, like this web site, kind of interfered...)