[scribus] Necessity for spelling checker? [was "Re: 1.3.5 Windows spelling checker ?"]

[Hedley Finger]

Louis Desjardins wrote:

> We have to wonder if a Spell Checker belongs or not in the DTP world, and
> especially in Open Source where it is obvious that people have a real choice
> of picking the application that is just good for a given task.

If you were running a magazine which included contributions from many 
different writers, you might wish to run a spelling check to make sure 
words were spelt according to the house style of the magazine.  Would 
you remove the drawing tools on the basis that they can be done just 
effectively in Gimp or Inkscape?

In a waterfall model of publishing, each phase follows one after the 
other.  In the real world, publishing is iterative.  And if the editor 
of our hypothetical magazine has to cut and otherwise edit copy to fit 
the space available, then a spell checker is almost a necessity.

Regards,
Hedley

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