Subject: spell checking

From: "John Russell, VE3LL" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 21:22:01 -0400 (EDT)

: 
: i am using pine 3.96 on unix at an isp.
: when spell checking a document, i find that even common
: words such as cheque ((just wish they were more common
: around here)) are missing.  is there a way of extending
: the dictionary ((would even be nicer if several extensions
: could be switched between eg. medical, engineering, and history))
: or at least selecting an OED version.
: 
: for example the above did not like cheque or eg.  which are 
: common enough.  admittedly isp and OED should flag
: 
: john russell   [email-masked] 
: 

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From: Steve Ekwall <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:38:26 -0600 (MDT)

Hi John, 
  Sorry, no answer for you, but a conformation on spelling problems too.
I'm using PINE 3.95 (yea, I know, but our webmaster doesn't want to goto
4.x until the bugs settle down:(,
Anyway, I'm using VI & or VIM as spell-checker and it flashes by.. clears
the screen and says at the bottom spell-cheking done! *flash!* *boom* 
My question is there a normal, defaulted spell-check for pine? like ED or
EDIT, VI or VIM etc.. that is suppose to work, no matter how small the
dictionary... (I understand I can ADD my own ~special~ spellings in my
home-file area - IF I can get the spell-checker to work or at least *slow
down*... :)

TIA
-=se=-
steve (I know I don't spell all that well, but need a dictionary:)ekwall
unix sun platform / pine 3.95 / home/~usr

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On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, John Russell, VE3LL wrote:

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From: Michael Thomas Cope <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:22:50 -0700 (PDT)

See FAQ 4.4 at http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/
Spell checking is done by an outside program, most commonly spell
or ispell on unix.  You can likely add to the dictionary on a per user or 
systemwide basis.  Consult your system administrator, (not webmaster, even
if it's the same person it's a different job). 

I'm not sure about specifying different dictionaries per message but you
can certainly start-up pine with different config files with the -p
command line switch.

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Michael Cope: Harvey Mudd College '00; Armand Hammer UWC '96
E-mail: [email-masked]