Subject: Linux/Pine spell checking problem

From: [email-masked] (S. M. Zoltek)
Date: 2 Apr 1995 06:25:06 GMT

I am running Pine under Linux (1.2.2 POSIX).  When I try to spell check a 
message, I get the ispell help screen.  This is the exact message that 
appears if I type spell or ispell at the system prompt.  This help screen 
appears on my screen but the actual message can be accessed by typing ^L.

If anyone has had this problem and solved it, please let me know what to do.

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From: [email-masked] (Chris Patkowski)
Date: 3 Apr 1995 21:11:16 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] says...
>appears on my screen but the actual message can be accessed by typing ^L.

I am running also Pine under Linux and have exactly the same problem.  "Pine 
Technical Notes" in chapter "Spell Checker" on page 45 says that "Pine also 
respect the environment variable SPELL.  If it set, Pine will use that as a 
spelling checker".  I have tried to set an environment variable in my 
.bashrc file but it did not work.  Perhaps I did not set it right. Please 
let me know if you solved this problem.

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  Christopher H. Patkowski                            [email-masked]
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From: [email-masked] (Chris Patkowski)
Date: 9 Apr 1995 00:00:39 GMT

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<[email-masked]>, 
[email-masked] says...
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>Check out the pine FAQ on how to use Ispell.
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>It basically suggests adding the following line to your .pinerc :
>editor=/usr/local/bin/ispell    #or your appropriate path.
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>Then, to check the spelling, invoke the "Alt Edit" with ^_
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>        Hope that helps...
>
>                Jerry
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Thank you for your help. Spelling is working as a charm.
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  Christopher H. Patkowski                            [email-masked]