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Re: unix spellchecking programs?

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From: Ilya
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:00
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Sean Utt (sean@northwest.com) wrote:
| ispell is a unix spell checker that can be called from other programs,
| and doesn't require that you install emacs.  It can also be run from the
| command line



 You are right, but I think the point was simply that emacs does
 spell-checking easier.

 in vi it would be something like


:!ispell -x %

 I prefer emacs command M-$ or spell-region.

 Ilya
 
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From: ibelooze@runet.edu (Ilya)
Subject: Re: unix spellchecking programs?
Date: 1997/10/10
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