Why Character Highlighting is Necessary

For the uninitiated, character highlighting is in the settings ... highlight by character, word, or 'smart'. I really don't need character highlighting ... it always grabs just part of a word, when highlighting a sentence or phrase. I assume it's designed mainly for OL.

But as it turns out, I DO need character highlighting. On right-clicking a word, the lookup doesn't know how to find the dictionary form. Understandably. Though, in search, it does know how to find 'cipher' from 'ciphers'. I assume a callable utility.

And so, 'ciphers' is unknown in right-click. I knew what a cipher was (for secret coding); just not exactly a cipher (symbolic translation?). Turns out, 'no weight' or 'zero'.

Interestingly, the mobile can lookup 'ciphers'. I'm guessing iOS is doing it. Android probably can't?

EDIT: this got into the beta forum; It's near to the desktop forum (but not a sub for the desktop forum, where 'you'd think'. But not the files forum. Of course).

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Dave Hooton

But as it turns out, I DO need character highlighting. On right-clicking a word, the lookup doesn't know how to find the dictionary form. Understandably. Though, in search, it does know how to find 'cipher' from 'ciphers'. I assume a callable utility.

I'm puzzled. I use Word for Text Selection

On right-click of 'ciphers' (or double-click) the Lookup will find 'cipher' in Merriam-Webster but COED is my #1 and has the same word! Lookup ciphers in the Command Box does he same thing. The singular 'cipher' is always found in COED.

'occurs' is found in Merriam-Webster as 'occur' (not COED) but 'means' is found in ISBE in that form!

I would not conclude that Character Highlighting is necessary, though. I would only want whole words for a lookup.

The Search tool will find singular or plural depending on your [Match all forms] setting.

Callable utility?

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1261446#Comment_1261446

Callable utility meaning they likely have a license; I don't think someone in Faithlife sat down and mapped out all the variants by language. I assume.

I see your MW finds ciphers; mine didn't ... yours is smarter. Smiling.