NewDeal Hot Tip 1622

GEOS.INI: [text]

smartQuotes = <true|false>

True means the text object will use typographer's quotation marks and will attempt to place opening and closing quotes appropriately. False means normal typewriter-style quotes will be used.

languageName = <name>

The name of the language currently in use, usually set by the Preference manager.

dictionary = <file name>

The filename of the dictionary to be used by the spell checker.

= IDNF9111.DAT (Danish)
= IENC9121.DAT (English)
= IFRF9121.DAT (French)
= IGRF9112.DAT (German)
= IITF9110.DAT (Italian)
= IPOF9110.DAT (Portuguese)
= ISPF9110.DAT (Spanish)

language = <number>

The language code for the dictionary file.

= 5 (French)
= 6 (German)
= 7 (Swedish)
= 8 (Spanish)
= 9 (Italian)
= 10 (Danish)
= 11 (Dutch)
= 12 (Portuguese)
= 13 (Norwegian)
= 14 (Finnish)
= 15 (Swiss)
= 16 (English, the default)

dialect = <number>

This key determines the dialect code used by the spellchecker dictionary file. The default is 128.

English dialects

= 128 (American, accepts realize/color)
= 64 (-ISE British, accepts realise/colour)
= 32 (-IZE British, accepts realize/colour)

Dutch dialects

= 128 (Standard Dutch forms only)
= 64 (Standard *and* non-preferred Dutch forms)

French dialects

= 128 (No accents on uppercase chars, only accepts Eglise)
= 64 (Accents on uppercase chars, only accepts E'glise)

German dialects

= 128 (German Scharfes s)
= 64 (German Doppel s)

Norwegian dialects

= 128 (Bokmal standard)
= 64 (Nynorsk standard)

Portuguese dialects

= 128 (Iberian Portuguese)
= 64 (Brazilian Portuguese)

autoCheckSelections = <true|false>

If true, the spell checker automatically checks the selected text if the user brings up the spell check box. The default is true. This is normally set by the Preferences manager.

resetSkippedWordsWhenBoxCloses = <true|false>

If true, the spell checker resets the list of skipped words when the box closes.

autoSuggest = <true|false>

If true, the spell checker automatically suggests other spellings. The default is false.

Last Modified 5 Mar 1999