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Why not make the spellchecker keyboard-aware ? Just have it query 'xkb-switch' or 'xkblayout-state print "%s"' or whatever other API is available. Doesn't any
by liotier 12y ago
Why not make the spellchecker keyboard-aware ? Just have it query 'xkb-switch' or 'xkblayout-state print "%s"' or whatever other API is available.
Doesn't any spellchecker use keyboard layout-aware Damerau–Levenshtein distance metrics ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damerau%E2%80%93Levenshtein_distance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damerau%E2%80%93Levenshtein_di... doesn't mention keyboard layout-awareness variants...
- hurin 12y agoIt's not nearly as simple as it sounds in theory. Consider that you have typos which are from hitting the wrong button - and also typos from hitting the next letter before the previous letter. Also when looking at typos it's likely you'd find statistically significant differences for typos by hitting a letter to the left, or right, or prob. of typoing given the letters general position within a layout etc.
- gcb0 12y ago> Just have it query 'xkb-switch' or 'xkblayout-state said the other hundred of devs who now have to handle APIs to N OSes * M versions * X custom IMEI input solutions out there.