Can you add something to the spell checker? [Archive]

sciencenerd

17-01-2006, 00:15

Heh, and while we're requesting, why not CMU and BACKBOT (first two I could think of).

...for that matter, why isn't "heh" in the dictionary? :rolleyes:

Justin Stiltner

17-01-2006, 02:42

Amanda,
think that IFI could also be added to the spell check list?
I would owe you an extra hug at the web hug if you could put it in :D *would use any excuse to get to meet Amanda Morrison* :D

Brandon Martus

17-01-2006, 07:02

CMU
CMUcam
backbot
IFI
OI

.. added.

heh

.. not added.

(oh, Amanda, adding words to the spell checker dictionary has been broke since the server move, as not-broke as it has seemed..)

:)

sciencenerd

23-04-2006, 22:22

Ok, I realize this thread is a few months old, but there isn't really a better place for this:

Could someone add "Firefox" to the dictionary? Thanks!

Brandon Martus

24-04-2006, 06:54

No problem.

Firefox is now added.

Elgin Clock

24-04-2006, 07:01

Brandon Martus

24-04-2006, 08:19

Speaking of spell check.. is there any way to make it skip url's? When I post a url, it goes and tries to fix a bunch of "words" it thinks are wrong in it.

Any way to skip everything beginnning with http:// ?
Not sure .. it's not something I wrote, just a 3rd-party add-on for vBulletin. I'll have to look at it and see what I can do.

Matt Krass

24-04-2006, 14:17

How about adding FIRSTcast and fixing the "Matt Krass" check, it doesn't properly resolve to "God of All".

lukevanoort

24-04-2006, 17:24

Any chance of getting KOP added?

Elgin Clock

24-04-2006, 18:16

How about adding FIRSTcast and fixing the "Matt Krass" check, it doesn't properly resolve to "God of All".

Does it at least default to "inflated ego"?

Brandon Martus

25-04-2006, 07:05

Any chance of getting KOP added?
KOP and FIRSTcast are added.

Elgin Clock

25-04-2006, 19:41

DEKA

Brandon Martus

25-04-2006, 20:49

DEKA
DEKA added

lukevanoort

29-04-2006, 16:04

How about Krispy Kreme? Hard to discuss FIRST or Epsilon Delta without it.

ChuckDickerson

01-05-2006, 12:19

How about adding Mecanum and AndyMark as well?

lukevanoort

01-05-2006, 18:39

I just noticed PID isn't there either, that be a good addition too.

Brandon Martus

01-05-2006, 20:34

Adding Krispy Kreme PID Mecanum and AndyMark

lukevanoort

03-05-2006, 14:11

How about JVN?

Elgin Clock

09-05-2006, 12:56

online? It seems to try and go with "on line" or on-line.

No one I know uses a dash in that word.

Thoughts?

Brandon Martus

09-05-2006, 13:07

online is in my dictionary widget .. good enough for me. ;)

Mark McLeod

09-05-2006, 14:04

Here are a few others I remember noticing in passing:

videographer
advisor (alternate spelling of adviser)
okay
Hauppauge (jk)

Brandon Martus

09-05-2006, 14:43

OK, I've added:

videographer
videography
advisor
okay

JaneYoung

09-05-2006, 14:53

Oh! I have one.
- definitely -

everyone on CD loves to use definitely and it is usually spelled
definately, definatly, or defiantly -

thank you,
Jane

Brandon Martus

09-05-2006, 17:14

definitely is in there already ..

Oh! I have one.
- definitely -

everyone on CD loves to use definitely and it is usually spelled
definately, definatly, or defiantly -

thank you,
Jane

JaneYoung

09-05-2006, 17:53

definitely is in there already ..

oh sorry -
definitely -
it must be broken.... :)

ahecht

23-05-2006, 22:54

EasyC and WPILib

Matt Krass

23-05-2006, 22:57

And FLL too

Billfred

23-05-2006, 22:58

And FLL too
And FVC, too. :)

Brandon Martus

24-05-2006, 09:01

Added:

FVC FLL EasyC WPILib CNC Delrin Lexan machanum omniwheel

Richard Wallace

24-05-2006, 09:15

Added:

FVC FLL EasyC WPILib CNC Delrin Lexan machanum omniwheelMecanum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecanum_wheel)

Brandon Martus

24-05-2006, 09:37

Dang .. I knew I should've verified when it didn't look right ;)

mecanum is in there, already, it looks like.

Thanks Richard.

Richard Wallace

24-05-2006, 09:43

I thought maybe machanum was an alternate spelling for Mecanum, but when I Google it all that comes up is some people's names. Seems Mecanum is the name of the company where the inventor of this type of wheel was working when he came up with the idea. So I guess that's the only acceptable spelling.

lukevanoort

27-05-2006, 12:06

HDPE?

Brandon Martus

27-05-2006, 13:11

HDPE?
HDPE added

lukevanoort

27-05-2006, 23:17

PWM

Brandon Martus

28-05-2006, 15:14

PWM
PWM added

lukevanoort

29-05-2006, 20:19

Can you add KenWittlief? Although the spellchecker resolves most names to wierd things, Kens goes to particularly wierd ones, genitalia and nightlife.

Brandon Martus

29-05-2006, 20:39

Can you add KenWittlief? Although the spellchecker resolves most names to wierd things, Kens goes to particularly wierd ones, genitalia and nightlife.
I've added Wittlief

Bill_Hancoc

30-05-2006, 18:06

how bout photoshop.

on a related note is it possible to put more than one link in a private message because i was unable to recently...maybe this is a personal issue.

Brandon Martus

30-05-2006, 19:42

how bout photoshop.

on a related note is it possible to put more than one link in a private message because i was unable to recently...maybe this is a personal issue.
photoshop added

yes, you shouldn't have any limit on the # of links .. just images.

Michelle Celio

17-06-2006, 12:56

Not really adding something to the spell checker, just adding the spell checker somewhere else. Will it ever be possible to have the spell checker on reputation?

JackN

17-06-2006, 21:50

WildStang, Beatty, and DSKB are not listed. I don't think anyone has trouble spelling these but they should be there.

Greg Needel

22-06-2006, 08:18

can you add "FEA" it stands for finite element analysis

also needel would be nice ;)

Brandon Martus

22-06-2006, 08:19

Sure

FEA and Needel added.

Freddy Schurr

22-06-2006, 12:04

Some other words:

Brandon
Martus
Mentors Unite!
MC

Brandon Martus

22-06-2006, 12:35

Some other words:

Brandon
Martus
Mentors Unite!
MC
They're already in there.

artdutra04

24-06-2006, 22:00

How about FIRSTers and Battlecry?

Brandon Martus

24-06-2006, 22:48

How about FIRSTers and Battlecry?
FIRSTers is a bit iffy. BattleCry, though I'll add.

Billfred

24-06-2006, 23:41

FIRSTers is a bit iffy. BattleCry, though I'll add.
I'd think FIRSTers has entered common usage--it maxed out a search of the forums for it. (The oldest thread the forums will return for a search of it are right at the end fo the 2004 season...about 250 threads per year which use the word.)

Brandon Martus

26-06-2006, 07:43

I'd think FIRSTers has entered common usage--it maxed out a search of the forums for it. (The oldest thread the forums will return for a search of it are right at the end fo the 2004 season...about 250 threads per year which use the word.)
Eh, ok. :)

FIRSTers it is.

ahecht

27-06-2006, 13:31

WPI

Brandon Martus

27-06-2006, 13:55

WPI added.

Billfred

27-06-2006, 14:11

Eh, ok. :)

FIRSTers it is.
On the subject, what about the singular form of FIRSTer as well?

lukevanoort

28-06-2006, 20:07

CIM

Noah Kleinberg

28-06-2006, 23:53

mabuchi

Tristan Lall

28-06-2006, 23:56

mabuchiWith a capital M...or is it case-insensitive? (Maybe "mabuchi" means something in Japanese, but since we're dealing with an English-language forum, it's a proper noun.)

anna~marie

28-06-2006, 23:59

OCCRA?
I don't think it's in there... (I just typed it tonight but of couse I can't remember :rolleyes: )

Brandon Martus

29-06-2006, 08:01

OCCRA?
I don't think it's in there... (I just typed it tonight but of couse I can't remember :rolleyes:)
You can always spell check what you just typed ;)

CIM, Mabuchi and OCCRA .. now added.

Michelle Celio

29-06-2006, 08:56

About the actual words that come up for smileys?

I just tested them all and :rolleyes: :ahh: don't pass it =P

David55

02-07-2006, 19:32

gmail ?!

Brandon Martus

03-07-2006, 07:10

gmail ?!
Gmail added

Kristian Calhoun

03-07-2006, 22:49

I think it may be about time that the word Mentos is added to the spell checker. ;)

Brandon Martus

05-07-2006, 07:27

I think it may be about time that the word Mentos is added to the spell checker. ;)
ok, added Mentos

Michelle Celio

22-07-2006, 11:56

how about AMD and emo?

Tristan Lall

23-07-2006, 00:37

Brandon Martus

23-07-2006, 21:21

levelled (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=leveled)

It doesn't seem to understand the double-l forms of those words, which are more popular in Britain. But the "Lookup" function is obviously looking at a bigger dictionary....

Also, what about a feature to directly recommend words for addition? Maybe something that generates a list, then runs them through (for example) Google's "define:" function to check for hits, and generates a list with citations for Brandon to deal with at his leisure.
Yeah, the 'Lookup' function and the actual spell check don't use the same dictionary of words. I may end up changing the spell check over to a Google -based one, and alleviate all of this. The problem with that is that we can't add custom, FIRST-specific words.

Until I get some free time, this thread will have to do for adding words to our dictionary.

Cai ZhongHan

03-08-2006, 22:37

ROV

lukevanoort

08-08-2006, 18:15

CSS

Greg Marra

10-08-2006, 21:47

codec please :)

Brandon Martus

11-08-2006, 08:31

codec, CSS, and ROV added.

Michelle Celio

13-08-2006, 22:26

How about DDR?

Tristan Lall

15-08-2006, 02:07

gauge
others’
peoples’

Brandon Martus

15-08-2006, 08:47

added:
* DDR
* gauge
* others'
* peoples'

Michelle Celio

28-08-2006, 00:16

How about a button in the spell checker that says "Suggest" and when we find a word that we think should be in the spell checker we press it instead of flooding this thread with suggestions :)

Greg Ross

26-10-2006, 17:36

How about a button in the spell checker that says "Suggest" and when we find a word that we think should be in the spell checker we press it instead of flooding this thread with suggestions :)I agree. It seems that would be much less cumbersome than this thread. (Although it is nice when Brandon replies in the thread that a word has been added.)

Greg Marra

26-10-2006, 17:39

Now that Firefox2 has built in spell check, I doubt I will be using the one built into CD as much. I wonder what the statistics on the spell check page look like? What is the average number of spell checks/post?