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<h1>eric7.EricWidgets.EricSpellCheckedTextEdit</h1>

<p>
Module implementing QTextEdit and QPlainTextEdit widgets with embedded spell
checking.
</p>
<h3>Global Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Classes</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#EnchantHighlighter">EnchantHighlighter</a></td>
<td>Class implementing a QSyntaxHighlighter subclass that consults a pyEnchant dictionary to highlight misspelled words.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit">EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit</a></td>
<td>Class implementing a QPlainTextEdit with built-in spell checker.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricSpellCheckedTextEdit">EricSpellCheckedTextEdit</a></td>
<td>Class implementing a QTextEdit with built-in spell checker.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin">SpellCheckMixin</a></td>
<td>Class implementing the spell-check mixin for the widget classes.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Functions</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<hr />
<hr />
<a NAME="EnchantHighlighter" ID="EnchantHighlighter"></a>
<h2>EnchantHighlighter</h2>

<p>
        Class implementing a QSyntaxHighlighter subclass that consults a
        pyEnchant dictionary to highlight misspelled words.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
QSyntaxHighlighter
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>ErrorFormat</td></tr><tr><td>TokenFilters</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#EnchantHighlighter.__init__">EnchantHighlighter</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EnchantHighlighter.chunkers">chunkers</a></td>
<td>Public method to get the chunkers in use.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EnchantHighlighter.dict">dict</a></td>
<td>Public method to get the spelling dictionary in use.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EnchantHighlighter.highlightBlock">highlightBlock</a></td>
<td>Public method to apply the text highlight.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EnchantHighlighter.setChunkers">setChunkers</a></td>
<td>Public method to set the chunkers to be used.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EnchantHighlighter.setDict">setDict</a></td>
<td>Public method to set the spelling dictionary to be used.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<a NAME="EnchantHighlighter.__init__" ID="EnchantHighlighter.__init__"></a>
<h4>EnchantHighlighter (Constructor)</h4>
<b>EnchantHighlighter</b>(<i>*args</i>)

<p>
            Constructor
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>*args</i> (list)</dt>
<dd>
list of arguments for the QSyntaxHighlighter
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EnchantHighlighter.chunkers" ID="EnchantHighlighter.chunkers"></a>
<h4>EnchantHighlighter.chunkers</h4>
<b>chunkers</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
            Public method to get the chunkers in use.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
list of chunkers in use
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
list
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EnchantHighlighter.dict" ID="EnchantHighlighter.dict"></a>
<h4>EnchantHighlighter.dict</h4>
<b>dict</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
            Public method to get the spelling dictionary in use.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
spelling dictionary
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
enchant.Dict
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EnchantHighlighter.highlightBlock" ID="EnchantHighlighter.highlightBlock"></a>
<h4>EnchantHighlighter.highlightBlock</h4>
<b>highlightBlock</b>(<i>text</i>)

<p>
            Public method to apply the text highlight.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>text</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
text to be spell-checked
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EnchantHighlighter.setChunkers" ID="EnchantHighlighter.setChunkers"></a>
<h4>EnchantHighlighter.setChunkers</h4>
<b>setChunkers</b>(<i>chunkers</i>)

<p>
            Public method to set the chunkers to be used.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>chunkers</i> (list)</dt>
<dd>
chunkers to be used
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EnchantHighlighter.setDict" ID="EnchantHighlighter.setDict"></a>
<h4>EnchantHighlighter.setDict</h4>
<b>setDict</b>(<i>spellDict</i>)

<p>
            Public method to set the spelling dictionary to be used.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>spellDict</i> (enchant.Dict)</dt>
<dd>
spelling dictionary
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit" ID="EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit"></a>
<h2>EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit</h2>

<p>
        Class implementing a QPlainTextEdit with built-in spell checker.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
QPlainTextEdit, SpellCheckMixin
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit.__init__">EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<a NAME="EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit.__init__" ID="EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit.__init__"></a>
<h4>EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit (Constructor)</h4>
<b>EricSpellCheckedPlainTextEdit</b>(<i>*args</i>)

<p>
            Constructor
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>*args</i> (list)</dt>
<dd>
list of arguments for the QPlainTextEdit constructor.
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr />
<a NAME="EricSpellCheckedTextEdit" ID="EricSpellCheckedTextEdit"></a>
<h2>EricSpellCheckedTextEdit</h2>

<p>
        Class implementing a QTextEdit with built-in spell checker.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
QTextEdit, SpellCheckMixin
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#EricSpellCheckedTextEdit.__init__">EricSpellCheckedTextEdit</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricSpellCheckedTextEdit.setAcceptRichText">setAcceptRichText</a></td>
<td>Public method to set the text edit mode.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<a NAME="EricSpellCheckedTextEdit.__init__" ID="EricSpellCheckedTextEdit.__init__"></a>
<h4>EricSpellCheckedTextEdit (Constructor)</h4>
<b>EricSpellCheckedTextEdit</b>(<i>*args</i>)

<p>
            Constructor
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>*args</i> (list)</dt>
<dd>
list of arguments for the QPlainTextEdit constructor.
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricSpellCheckedTextEdit.setAcceptRichText" ID="EricSpellCheckedTextEdit.setAcceptRichText"></a>
<h4>EricSpellCheckedTextEdit.setAcceptRichText</h4>
<b>setAcceptRichText</b>(<i>accept</i>)

<p>
            Public method to set the text edit mode.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>accept</i> (bool)</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating to accept rich text
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr />
<hr />
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin" ID="SpellCheckMixin"></a>
<h2>SpellCheckMixin</h2>

<p>
        Class implementing the spell-check mixin for the widget classes.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
None
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>DefaultLanguage</td></tr><tr><td>MaxSuggestions</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.setDefaultLanguage">setDefaultLanguage</a></td>
<td>Class method to set the default spell-check language.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.__init__">SpellCheckMixin</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.__correctWord">__correctWord</a></td>
<td>Private slot to correct the misspelled word with the selected correction.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.__createCorrectionsMenu">__createCorrectionsMenu</a></td>
<td>Private method to create a menu for corrections of the selected word.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.__createFormatsMenu">__createFormatsMenu</a></td>
<td>Private method to create a menu for selecting the document format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.__createLanguagesMenu">__createLanguagesMenu</a></td>
<td>Private method to create a menu for selecting the spell-check language.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.__createSpellcheckContextMenu">__createSpellcheckContextMenu</a></td>
<td>Private method to create the spell-check context menu.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.__cursorForMisspelling">__cursorForMisspelling</a></td>
<td>Private method to create a text cursor selecting the misspelled word.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.__setFormat">__setFormat</a></td>
<td>Private slot to set the selected document format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.__setLanguage">__setLanguage</a></td>
<td>Private slot to set the selected language.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.contextMenuEvent">contextMenuEvent</a></td>
<td>Protected method to handle context menu events to add a spelling suggestions submenu.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.dict">dict</a></td>
<td>Public method to get a reference to the dictionary in use.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.setDict">setDict</a></td>
<td>Public method to set the dictionary to be used.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#SpellCheckMixin.setFormat">setFormat</a></td>
<td>Public method to set the document format.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.setDefaultLanguage" ID="SpellCheckMixin.setDefaultLanguage"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.setDefaultLanguage (class method)</h4>
<b>setDefaultLanguage</b>(<i>language</i>)

<p>
            Class method to set the default spell-check language.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>language</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
language to be set as default
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.__init__" ID="SpellCheckMixin.__init__"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin (Constructor)</h4>
<b>SpellCheckMixin</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
            Constructor
</p>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.__correctWord" ID="SpellCheckMixin.__correctWord"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.__correctWord</h4>
<b>__correctWord</b>(<i>act</i>)

<p>
            Private slot to correct the misspelled word with the selected
            correction.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>act</i> (QAction)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the selected action
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.__createCorrectionsMenu" ID="SpellCheckMixin.__createCorrectionsMenu"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.__createCorrectionsMenu</h4>
<b>__createCorrectionsMenu</b>(<i>cursor, parent=None</i>)

<p>
            Private method to create a menu for corrections of the selected
            word.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>cursor</i> (QTextCursor)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the text cursor
</dd>
<dt><i>parent</i> (QWidget (optional))</dt>
<dd>
reference to the parent widget (defaults to None)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
menu with corrections
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
QMenu
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.__createFormatsMenu" ID="SpellCheckMixin.__createFormatsMenu"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.__createFormatsMenu</h4>
<b>__createFormatsMenu</b>(<i>parent=None</i>)

<p>
            Private method to create a menu for selecting the document format.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>parent</i> (QWidget (optional))</dt>
<dd>
reference to the parent widget (defaults to None)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
menu with document formats
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
QMenu
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.__createLanguagesMenu" ID="SpellCheckMixin.__createLanguagesMenu"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.__createLanguagesMenu</h4>
<b>__createLanguagesMenu</b>(<i>parent=None</i>)

<p>
            Private method to create a menu for selecting the spell-check
            language.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>parent</i> (QWidget (optional))</dt>
<dd>
reference to the parent widget (defaults to None)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
menu with spell-check languages
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
QMenu
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.__createSpellcheckContextMenu" ID="SpellCheckMixin.__createSpellcheckContextMenu"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.__createSpellcheckContextMenu</h4>
<b>__createSpellcheckContextMenu</b>(<i>pos</i>)

<p>
            Private method to create the spell-check context menu.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>pos</i> (QPoint)</dt>
<dd>
position of the mouse pointer
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
context menu with additional spell-check entries
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
QMenu
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.__cursorForMisspelling" ID="SpellCheckMixin.__cursorForMisspelling"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.__cursorForMisspelling</h4>
<b>__cursorForMisspelling</b>(<i>pos</i>)

<p>
            Private method to create a text cursor selecting the misspelled
            word.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>pos</i> (QPoint)</dt>
<dd>
position of the misspelled word
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
text cursor for the misspelled word
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
QTextCursor
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.__setFormat" ID="SpellCheckMixin.__setFormat"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.__setFormat</h4>
<b>__setFormat</b>(<i>act</i>)

<p>
            Private slot to set the selected document format.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>act</i> (QAction)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the selected action
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.__setLanguage" ID="SpellCheckMixin.__setLanguage"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.__setLanguage</h4>
<b>__setLanguage</b>(<i>act</i>)

<p>
            Private slot to set the selected language.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>act</i> (QAction)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the selected action
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.contextMenuEvent" ID="SpellCheckMixin.contextMenuEvent"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.contextMenuEvent</h4>
<b>contextMenuEvent</b>(<i>evt</i>)

<p>
            Protected method to handle context menu events to add a spelling
            suggestions submenu.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>evt</i> (QContextMenuEvent)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the context menu event
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.dict" ID="SpellCheckMixin.dict"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.dict</h4>
<b>dict</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
            Public method to get a reference to the dictionary in use.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
reference to the current dictionary
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
enchant.Dict
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.setDict" ID="SpellCheckMixin.setDict"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.setDict</h4>
<b>setDict</b>(<i>spellDict</i>)

<p>
            Public method to set the dictionary to be used.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>spellDict</i> (emchant.Dict)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the spell-check dictionary
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="SpellCheckMixin.setFormat" ID="SpellCheckMixin.setFormat"></a>
<h4>SpellCheckMixin.setFormat</h4>
<b>setFormat</b>(<i>formatName</i>)

<p>
            Public method to set the document format.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>formatName</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
name of the document format
</dd>
</dl>
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