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Article #12168Re: Ideas for renaming non-GNU ispell
From: James Fortune
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1993 03:46
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1993 03:46
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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. Perhaps something like spill. It has the ``i'' and makes fun of the problem of spell checkers not catching mistakes that form other words. :-) :-) It also seems representative of the act of making a mistake. JAF -- James Fortune - Internet: Thousands of people mostly unaware Oakland University - of the sight and sound of each other, linked jafortun@vela.acs.oakland.edu - together by the bits of our souls that can Disclaimer: Not O.U. opinions - fit through computer keyboards.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f9e16,30a13649209f960d X-Google-Attributes: gidf9e16,public X-Google-Thread: 102b9a,30a13649209f960d X-Google-Attributes: gid102b9a,public X-Google-Thread: 103b8b,7ae018104f118dcf X-Google-Attributes: gid103b8b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-06-03 09:39:01 PST To: gnu-emacs-announce@prep.ai.mit.edu From: jafortun@vela.acs.oakland.edu (James Fortune) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: Ideas for renaming non-GNU ispell Keywords: ispell, Geoff Message-ID: <gnusenet1ujs6g$6ej@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Date: 3 Jun 93 03:46:24 GMT References: <1993Jun2.184117.12151@cs.ucla.edu> Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI. Distribution: world Approved: info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!enterpoop.mit.edu!ai-lab!prep.ai.mit.edu!gnulists Followup-To: comp.text.tex,comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help Lines: 19