Subject: problem

From: Hakim Guil <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 14:28:31 +0300 (IDT)

to whom it may concern....

when i am using ctrl-T for spelling it doesn't show me the right way to
spell the word. it just highlights it.
is there a way in my PINE 3.93 version to do it?

thank you.

guil.

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 16:33:53 +0100 (BST)

By default UNIX Pine uses the simple "spell" program.  This just produces
a list of words it doesn't recognise, which Pine then highlights in the
text.  "spell" doesn't offer corrected spellings, nor does it allow you to
easily add your own words to the dictionary.

Pine 3.93(?) onwards support a separate spell checker such as the GNU
"ispell".  Assuming you have ispell (or something equivalent on your
computers) you can set this "alternate speller" up in Pine's Setup
Configuration screen.

ispell does offer suggested alternarive spellings for words it doesn't
recognise, and also allows you to add words easily to a personal
dictionary that is used to supplement the main system-wide one.

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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