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Re: Ideas for renaming non-GNU ispell

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From: Nate Williams
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1993 21:32
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In article <1993Jun2.184117.12151@cs.ucla.edu> geoff@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Geoffrey Kuenning) writes:
>
>With the release of GNU ispell 4.0, it has become clear to me that
>people are going to become confused about the two independent versions
>of that program unless one of them is renamed.  For historical reasons
>(i.e., my version is based on that by Pace Willisson), I feel that the
>GNU version should have the rights to the name "ispell."  This leaves
>me with the task of picking a new name.
>

Not meaning to sound pushy, but why should the GNU version be given
the name ispell, since the version you've kept up is the one most
widely known and used.

I suggest that the GNU version should be renamed to gnuspell, in
line with the other gnu utilities..

That way the version that you've been maintaining that is based on 
Pace's version can still be the 'International SPELLer'.


>Post suggestions and discuss them if you
>wish, or just send them to me at:

Nate

ps. When is ispell3 going out of beta? :-)

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