Subject: Spell check

From: Geordi Steele <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 11:04:08 -0600 (CST)

HELP!

I'm really getting tired of the Pine spell checker telling me my name is
misspelled. :> Also as a classicist, I have to write a lot of names that 
of course don't appear in the standard word list.  Is there a way to add
words to the list as I can with most word processors?

		Thank-you,

			Geordi Byron

PS 
My provider is acting up.  Please reply to [email-masked]

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From: Robin S Socha <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 19:07:06 +0100 (CET)

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  >HELP!

Sure...

  >words to the list as I can with most word processors?

You seem to be using pine for Linux. So you're using ispell. Ispell is
pretty neat, but you have to read some man pages...

Try man ispell for a start, that should get you going. You'll also want to
toy with buildhash (no, not what you're thinking...). Comparing ispell to
the lame stuff that comes with most word processors is a sacrilege, btw.

Later,
Robin

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