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- # KingFisher 2.0 and other similar tools.
-
- .name
- ispell
- .fullname
- GNU spelling checker
- .type
- Miscellaneous
- .short
- Spelling checker, Amiga source + diffs.
- .description
- 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.
-
- The best way to use ispell is with GNU EMACS. For documentation about
- this mode, see the info topic "ispell".
-
- 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.
-
- 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
- number. Finally, you can type "R" and you will be prompted for a
- replacement word. The string you type will be broken into words, and
- each one will also be checked. You can also type "?" for help.
-
- If ispell is started with no arguments, it enters a loop reading words
- from the standard input, and printing messages about them on the
- standard output. You can use this mode to find the spelling of a
- problem word.
-
- This archive contains the Amiga source and the diffs that were
- applied to the baseline FSF source distribution to generate the
- Amiga source version.
- .version
- 4.0
- .author
- Pace Willisson
- .requirements
- Amiga binary requires ixemul.library.
- .distribution
- GNU Public License
- .email
- pace@mit-vax
- .described-by
- Fred Fish (fnf@fishpond.cygnus.com)
-