What improvements would you like to see in Vensim?

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Re: What improvements would you like to see in Vensim?

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Copy and paste properties between variables to apply same format.

The posibility of change between stock or auxiliar type variable without delete the original variable and re-writing it considering the new type.
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Re: What improvements would you like to see in Vensim?

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If it's not too much work, it would be very helpful to include this:

https://developer.apple.com/documentati ... ellchecker

os built-in services are more user-friendly and reliable.
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Re: What improvements would you like to see in Vensim?

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There is already a spell checker in Vensim.
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Re: What improvements would you like to see in Vensim?

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I was actually thinking of 'Check Spelling While Typing' that is available system-wide on macOS. I just realized it's also available in Vensim, but the problem is that it turns itself off every time a text dialogue is closed. It's a very nice addition if you can make it happen, and it works in any text field in Vensim. I think the solution might be in that documentation I shared or in 'NSTextView'. Thank you!
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Re: What improvements would you like to see in Vensim?

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NSTextView is a MacOS only thing, so not something we would consider as it means double the work to implement (we'd need to find something that also works for Windows).

I'll add an enhancement request to add spell check while typing. I'm sure it originally worked like this, the feedback we received was that it got in the way (a lot of users use shortened words when developing (eg "tot" instead of "total").
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Re: What improvements would you like to see in Vensim?

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I actually take my previous comment back because I think Vensim already can use macOS built-in 'Spelling and Grammar' features, especially 'Check Spell While Typing.' Otherwise, it wouldn't have appeared in the contextual menu (right-click). My proof for this is the behavior of Microsoft apps on macOS. 'Spelling and Grammar' does not even exist if you right-click on a text in MS Word. Regarding the reason for not seeing this feature in MS apps, I think part of it is because of the code maintenance issue that you mentioned, and part of it is because they're using the old MS codes. This is because in Microsoft's new features, such as modern comments, you can see that the option is available. Indeed, the comment section in MS Word uses macOS built-in 'Check Spell While Typing.' So, maybe I am wrong, and it's not NSTextView, but Vensim definitely has some of the relevant capabilities, while it's not automatically turned on by default (and it should be turned on manually every time users enter texts). The built-in feature is also able to learn phrases system-wide. So, if I tell it to learn 'Agg' in another app, the behavior would be the same in all other apps (which reduces a lot of computational overhead in general because it's all managed by the OS).
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Re: What improvements would you like to see in Vensim?

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Please make this blinking feature optional.
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