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Bug 334002

Summary:	[spell checking] Spell Checker new option": Ignore words in comment blocks
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Mark Richards <mark.richards>
Component:	Text	Assignee:	JDT-Text-Inbox <jdt-text-inbox>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P5	CC:	daniel_megert, deepakazad, thatnitind
Version:	3.6	Keywords:	needinfo
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Mark Richards

2011-01-11 11:58:37 EST

Build Identifier: 20100218-1602

Although mostly an annoyance, the spell checker tests words within comments:
//
or
/* */

An option Spelling:Options: "Ignore words within comments" would be nice.


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2011-01-12 10:26:24 EST

Why would you not want to have the comments spell checked?

Comment 2 Mark Richards

2011-01-12 10:54:48 EST

Because doing so serves no purpose.

Comment 3 Dani Megert

2011-01-12 10:57:56 EST

(In reply to comment #2)
> Because doing so serves no purpose.
Sure it does: it serves the purpose of not having typos in the comments.

Comment 4 Nitin Dahyabhai

2011-01-12 12:00:03 EST

Aren't comments the only thing that's spell checked?

Comment 5 Dani Megert

2011-01-13 03:31:37 EST

(In reply to comment #4)
> Aren't comments the only thing that's spell checked?
Yes, but I think he refers to code comments vs. Javadoc comments.