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In article <18571@borg.cs.unc.edu> wagner@ives.cs.unc.edu (Michael Wagner) writes:
& 
& Can anyone recommend a good (hopefully public domain and
& ftp-able) spell-checker for EmTeX?  I really like being able
& to do LaTeX at home, but I need to get a spell checker (is
& ispell available for DOS?).
& 
& Mike
& 

There is an excellent spell checker called MicroSPELL that works very
well with TeX stuff. I have set up my user options from within the 
TeXShell program to call this spell checker. 
On the positive side:
- the program is free
- can build/use your own dictionaries
- has a built-in "fuzzy" search feature (much like ispell or WordPerfect(r))
  this allows the user to select the proper word from a list of alternatives
- the program can reside in memory (TSR)
- there are a lot of extra goodies along with the package (for example,
  specialized dictionaries (math for one))

On the negative side:
- The documentation is written in Japanese, however, you can figure out
  most of the stuff with just a little diligence.

This is the closest to ispell that I have seen and is a very good spell
checker.

ftp from utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (sorry don't have IP number handy)
look in ~/fj/fj.binaries.msdos/v007
files are as follows (from the archive index file):
#000470 v007i0001-0009 spljge.lzh   spell checker MicroSPELL 1.0JG
#000471 v007i0010-0013 spljgd.lzh   English Dictionary for MicroSPELL 1.0JG
#000472 v006i0014-0017 spljgs.lzh   Source files of MicroSPELL 1.0JG

Good luck!


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Bob Beresh                     phone:  (416) 207-6505
Ontario Hydro Research         FAX:    (416) 231-6384
800 Kipling Ave (MS KR132)     
Toronto, Ontario, M8Z 5S4      email: rberesh@rd.hydro.on.ca