Antidote Integration

[Alex de Kyburg]

Gosh! I’m sorry that my question led to such a partisan controversy. That wasn’t my point. I was just wondering if Connectix would soon provide to the Affinity suite an integration equivalent to those for Scrivener, TextEdit, Pages, Mail and Keynote... 
 

[AlainP]

I agree with you that integration of Antidote would really be a plus to the Affinity Suite.

I've been using it for years, mostly in French, but also in English. It's an invaluable tool for documents creation and correction. It's really more powerful and useful in French documents but does a decent work in English. But like all these tools you need to have quite a good knowledge of the language and its grammar.

Reading some useless posts here... reminds me why I don't use this forum as I used to. 

[PaoloT]

Just now, AlainP said:

Reading some useless posts here... reminds me why I don't use this forum as I used to. 

The Ignore function is unfortunately a bit hidden. You can reach it by touching the avatar of the annoying member. The forum becomes a lot cleaner after that.

Paolo

 

[garrettm30]

Thank you for your comments. I would like to suggest this minor tip in regard to what you said here:

On 7/28/2022 at 9:23 AM, Alex de Kyburg said:

WITHOUT HAVING TO BE COPY-PASTED in TextEdit.

Pasting into TextEdit is one extra step than needed. You need only copy from Publisher (or from wherever) and then use the “Copy corrected text” command (or its shortcut) from Antidote’s menu bar menu. I guess it depends on which platform you are, but this is what I am referring to (from Druide’s manual):

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In Windows, the Connectix Agent can be found in the notification area, next to the clock. On a Mac, it is in the menu bar. In both platforms, it is represented by a small Antidote flask icon.

It’s still a big difference from the integration we are asking for, but maybe one fewer step will help until better things come along.

And for those that seem to think we are asking for Serif to cater to a niche group, please understand we are not really asking for Serif to provide Antidote integration but rather a general API for third-party integration, so Druide can do their part, as they have already indicated they are willing to do. This way, many different niche and not-so-niche needs can be met while Serif moves on to other things.

[Alex de Kyburg]

THANKS garrettm30!

The "copy only" top is of absolute use!
Of course this means a gold medal to Antidote, and is deserved for giving a solution also for all other apps!
👍🏻🙏🏻

[Pšenda]

On 7/28/2022 at 5:24 PM, Alex de Kyburg said:

... but is used by THOUSANDS of french writing people ALL OVER the world...

That's great that thousands of people around the world are using it. And it can certainly be assumed that a few of them will even use Affinity apps (as can be deduced from the posts here). But this app will definitely not be used by "all" Affinity users. The point of my post, as I hope you understood (but unfortunately it is evident from some of the previous responses that some users have a bit of a problem with understanding), is for Serif to first add functionality (and fix reported bugs) that will benefit everyone users, not just a narrow group using a particular application. Like, for example, even RTL - it has several BILIONS writing people ALL OVER the world.
Forcing the implementation of narrow and specifically applicable functionality at the expense of other widely applicable functionality is thus, in my opinion, against the interests of the majority, and Serif should take this into account when planning development priorities. Best regards.

[Alex de Kyburg]

Yes  Pšenda,Your arguments are absolutely understandable. Of course, in most Serif applications, word processing (except for effects) is secondary. And, although several applications offer the module (regularly updated), in the case of Publisher this is no longer a problem, since the method demonstrated by garrettem30 offers the possibility to double-check texts in Affinity documents before editing.
Thank you for your interest.