[IPython-dev] CodeMirror overlay for spell checking

[Damián Avila]

Super interesting custom.js ;-)
Btw, make sure the Codemirror community knows about this layout... they
will be very interested on this example...


2014-07-24 22:59 GMT-03:00 Doug Blank <doug.blank at gmail.com>:

> Success; we now have a working IPython notebook with spelling checking in
> Markdown cells!
>
> I'll try to package this up over the next few days to make a notebook
> extension for all kernels. Currently, I have this all in one custom.js file
> [1] ... check out the toggle_spell_check function and code loaded on
> app_initialized.
>
> The way that is currently works is as a toggle "spell check" button: click
> it once, and it turns on a spell check overlay over the "markdown" mode on
> all Markdown cells (see attached picture). Press the button again, and it
> turns it off.
>
> I'm currently using Typo.js, but any JavaScript spell check library could
> work. Typo isn't bad... may need to adjust what gets checked (need to
> remove single quotes, and maybe add HTML tag names to dictionary).
>
> Possible options/limitations:
>
> 1) Should markdown cells be the only cells spell checked?
>
> 2) doesn't currently allow for right-click suggestion fixes; important?
>
> 3) English only. Just need to provide more dictionaries and an API to
> change the dictionary.
>
> 4) Should the spell checking be on all of the time?
>
> Other options/suggestions welcomed!
>
> -Doug
>
> [1] -
> https://bitbucket.org/ipre/calico/src/master/notebooks/profile/static/custom/custom.js
>
> This custom.js has a few things in it that we'll break into extensions:
> two-column mode, bibtex references, tabbed in/out cells, heading numbering,
> table of contents, and spelling checking.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Doug Blank <doug.blank at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Damián Avila <damianavila at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > I'm interested to see the code.
>>>
>>> Me too ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the hints and links...
>>
>> Oh, we'll make this available to all... no more misspellings in notebooks!
>>
>> -Doug
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-07-24 15:30 GMT-03:00 Matthias Bussonnier <
>>> bussonniermatthias at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Le 24 juil. 2014 à 19:06, Doug Blank a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> > I have successfully created and registered a CodeMirror overlay (for
>>>> spell checking), but two questions:
>>>> >
>>>> > 1) Which of the modes is used for Markdown cells? I guess that will
>>>> be the mode that I overlay.
>>>>
>>>> JSconsole :
>>>>
>>>> > IPython.TextCell.options_default.cm_config.mode
>>>> "htmlmixed"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > 2) How do I make it so that my new mode will be used on Markdown
>>>> cells?
>>>>
>>>> IPython.TextCell.options_default.cm_config.mode = yourmode
>>>> +
>>>> loop on all cell and set
>>>> IPython.notebook.get_cell(0).code_mirror.setOption('mode',yourmode)
>>>>
>>>> might need to require your mode first though, maybe with
>>>> code_mirrorm.getMode
>>>>
>>>> cf julia custom.js
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl/blob/master/deps/custom.js#L66-L90
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > I guess that I need to associate the mime type of Markdown cells with
>>>> my new mode, but having some trouble finding where to connect this in the
>>>> IPython JavaScript.
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested to see the code.
>>>> --
>>>> M
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks for any suggestions,
>>>> >
>>>> > -Doug
>>>> >
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