New to the list

Zane H. Healy wrote: Why not have this happen when you click on a "check spelling" button instead of constantly running and interrupting your work process? (granted, most desktop CPU's have tons of idle cycles and could easily *do* this in the time between waiting for keystrokes) I guess I think about misspellings as a separate pass. I try to get the spelling right as I am typing (though keyboard failures are a nuisance, I can usually spot when a key is failing, etc.). I don't want to have to step back and fix a misspelling when I am concentrating on the next word to type, etc. Or, taking the focus away from me so that I *have* to deal with whatever you want to tell me ("Gee, is my computer on FIRE? No? Then why are you bothering me?? Fine, the printer has run out of paper. I'll figure that out sooner or later now go away...") Yet, other *useful* features are often missing (like being able to force a window to "stay on top" -- not a problem under most X window managers but in the peecee world, a real nuisance).