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- NNAAMMEE
- ispell - Correct spelling for a file
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- iissppeellll [ file ... ]
- iissppeellll [ --ll | --DD | --EE ]
- ssppeellll [ +local_file ] [ file ...]
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- Ispell is a program that helps you to correct typos in a
- file, and to find the correct spelling of words. When
- presented with a word that is not in the dictionary,
- ispell attempts to find near misses that might include the
- word you meant.
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- The best way to use ispell is with GNU EMACS. For docu-
- mentation about this mode, see the info topic "ispell".
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- Ispell can also be used by itself, and in this case the
- most common usage is "ispell filename". If ispell finds a
- word that is not in the dictionary, it is printed at the
- top of the screen. Ispell then checks the dictionary for
- near misses - words that differ only by a single letter, a
- missing or extra letter, or a pair of transposed letters.
- Any that are found are printed on the following lines, and
- finally, two lines of context containing the word are
- printed at the bottom of the screen. If your terminal can
- type in reverse video, the word itself is highlighted.
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- If you think the word is correct as it stands, you can
- type either "Space" to accept it this one time, "A" to
- accept it for the rest of this file, or "I" to accept it
- and put it in your private dictionary. If one of the near
- misses is the word you want, type the corresponding num-
- ber. Finally, you can type "R" and you will be prompted
- for a replacement word. The string you type will be bro-
- ken into words, and each one will also be checked. You
- can also type "?" for help.
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- If ispell is started with no arguments, it enters a loop
- reading words from the standard input, and printing mes-
- sages about them on the standard output. You can use this
- mode to find the spelling of a problem word. For example:
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- You can print out the system dictionary. Use -D if you
- want flags, or -E if you want the words expanded.
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- % ispell
- word: independant
- how about: independent
- word: ^D
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- The --ll or "list" option to ispell is used to produce a
- list of misspelled words from the standard input. This
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- mode is compatible with the traditional spell program,
- except that the output is not sorted.
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- There are several other options provided so that other
- programs can use ispell. See the documentation in the
- ispell source directory for details.
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- If ispell is executed with the name `spell', it attempts
- to be compatible with the traditional spell program. You
- can also get this behavior with the --uu flag. In this
- case, the list of files (or standard input) is checked,
- and an alphabetized list of misspellings is produced on
- the standard output.
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- FFIILLEESS
- /usr/lib/ispell.dict System dictionary
- $HOME/ispell.words Private dictionary
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- ispell.texinfo
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- Pace Willisson (pace@mit-vax pace@eddie.mit.edu)
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