Turning Off Auto-correcting In TextEdit
Turning Off Auto-correcting In TextEdit
- Subject: Turning Off Auto-correcting In TextEdit
- From: Felix Peregrino <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:35:41 -0400
Hi, I'm a neophyte in my efforts to write AppleScript scripts. For a
couple of months now I've been subscribed to this discussion list and
lurking to see if I can learn by staring profoundly at the various
scripts the members submit in their posts. If I have the application
the script is written for, I try the scripts out when I can. I don't
always know what to change to get them to work on my machine. I figure
that will come. I wanna learn how to write scripts mostly for Mail and
TextEdit. Simple stuff that probably isn't all that challenging to
people with a career.
Can something be done with AppleScript or Terminal or Cocoa, or any
other key to the matrix that will stop the SL version of TextEdit from
automatically correcting the spelling of what I write whether I want
it to or not? I can't quote people who don't or can't use good English
without the spellchecker firmly interfering and changing the spelling
back to the TextEdit authors' own version of reality. I opened the
Preferences panel and unchecked everything I saw that might cause the
problem. The checkboxes don't seem to be connected to anything. I
can't even highlight stuff anymore without some ridiculous popup
appearing that stops what I'm doing and limits my options even before
I finish highlighting the desired section.
Verbal creativity appears to have been extinguished by the dictates of
the military/industrial complex. No more new words. Making mistakes
that might oddly appear mo' better than the original proposition will
be auto-corrected to AppleSpeak. What a drag, man. However, the auld
people have known all along it was coming to this sooner or later.
"Them thar computers are ob' de Devil."
I sort of apologize for the sarcasm. Enough, at least, to appreciate
any help to stop the invasion.
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felix
http://applepandowdy.blogspot.com/
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