gtkspell.Spell

gtkspell.Spell
Prev	The GtkSpell Class Reference

gtkspell.Spell — Spell object for gtk.TextView

Synopsis

class gtkspell.Spell():
    gtkspell.Spell(text, language=None)
    def set_language(lang)
    def recheck_all()
    def detach()

Functions

    def gtkspell.get_from_text_view(view)

Ancestry

+-- gtkspell

Description

The gtkspell.Spell used in concert with gtk.TextView provides mis-spelled word highlighting in red and offers a right click pop-up menu with suggested corrections.

Constructor

    gtkspell.Spell(text, lang=None)

`text` :	a `gtk.TextView`
`lang` :	the language to use, in a form like "en_US" or `None`
Returns :	a new `gtkspell.Spell`.

Creates a new gtkspell.Spell object.

Note

If lang is None then $LANG will be used, if also $LANG is None or not valid then English will be used as default.

Methods

gtkspell.Spell.set_language

    def set_language(lang)

lang : the language to use in the form "en_US".

The set_language() method set the language that have to be used while checking for mispelled words.

gtkspell.Spell.recheck_all

    def recheck_all()

The recheck_all() method recheck the spelling in the entire buffer.

gtkspell.Spell.detach

    def detach()

The detach() method detaches this gtkspell.Spell from its gtk.TextView, use the function gtkspell.get_from_text_view to retrieve a gtkspell.Spell from a gtk.TextView.

Functions

gtkspell.get_from_text_view

    def gtkspell.get_from_text_view(view)

`view` :	a `gtk.TextView`.
Returns :	the `gtkspell.Spell` object or `None` if there is no `gtkspell.Spell` attached to `view`.

Retrieves the gtkspell.Spell object attached to a text view.