Subject: Spell-checking question

From: Richard Pavlicek <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 14:27:10 -0500

Using the pico editor in pine, is there a way to customize the
spell-checking database?  Among other things, I'm getting tired
of answering to my own last name.

Every other word processor I use has this capability.

Richard

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 11:14:51 +0000 (GMT)

You are seeing a shortcoming of the standard UNIX "spell" utility.  Try 
investigating how to use GNU ispell instead.  You can set this up as the 
"alternate editor" and invoke it to check your document.  See the Pine 
Information Centre for details.

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From: Jim Esten <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 07:26:37 -0600 (CST)

> Every other word processor I use has this capability.

......heavens, and I thought pico was a "text editor", not a "word processor

The spell ckecking is not part of pico, but rather a call to whatever 
UNIX spell database is on your system.  If you tell us (me) what kind of 
system you're logging into, I can probably tell you how the spell program 
(usually ispell) can be updated.

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From: "Richard P. O'Sullivan" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 05:29:03 -0500

> Every other word processor I use has this capability.

    You can use the Alt-Edit command to configure the spell checker of 
your choice.  I use ispell on my Amiga based Pine.

Rick
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