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Patch numbers 9 through 12 for Ispell 3.1, an international spelling
checker, are now available for ftp.  Note that patches 9 through 12
are an integrated set, and must be applied together.  The North
American URL's for the patches are:

	ftp://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/ispell-3.1/patch-3.1.08-3.1.09.gz
	ftp://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/ispell-3.1/patch-3.1.09-3.1.10.gz
	ftp://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/ispell-3.1/patch-3.1.10-3.1.11.gz
	ftp://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/ispell-3.1/patch-3.1.11-3.1.12.gz
or
	ftp://ftp.math.orst.edu/pub/ispell-3.1/patch-3.1.08-3.1.09.gz
	ftp://ftp.math.orst.edu/pub/ispell-3.1/patch-3.1.09-3.1.10.gz
	ftp://ftp.math.orst.edu/pub/ispell-3.1/patch-3.1.10-3.1.11.gz
	ftp://ftp.math.orst.edu/pub/ispell-3.1/patch-3.1.11-3.1.12.gz

The IP number for ftp.cs.ucla.edu is 131.179.128.36.  For
ftp.math.orst.edu it is 128.193.80.161.

The following European sites mirror ispell and its patches:

	ftp://ftp.th-darmstadt.de/pub/dicts/ispell/
	(IP number 130.83.55.75)
	ftp://ftp.nl.net:/pub/textproc/ispell/
	(IP number 193.78.240.13)

BUG REPORTING:

Ispell bug reports should be sent to ispell-bugs@itcorp.com, unless
they are related to Emacs.  Emacs-related bugs should be sent to
ispell-el-bugs@itcorp.com.

PATCHING NOTE:

Although it is not mentioned in the patching instructions, patch 12
modifies some files patched by patches 9 through 11.  If you are
concerned about being able to back out the patches, you should
preserve "*.orig" in the ispell directory before applying patch 12.

MAJOR CHANGES MADE BY THIS PATCH:

-   TeX/Latex parsing has been improved.  In particular, TeX commands
    within comments are now ignored.
-   Ispell now ignores hex numbers if they begin with "0x" or "0X".
-   The command used to install files is now configurable, for sites
    that prefer "install" to "cp".
-   A partial-install target has been added to the Makefile for sites
    that don't want to install all the dictionary-building tools.
-   The README now has advice about choosing an English dictionary.
-   More information about various machine-specific problems has been
    added to the README.  Systems mentioned include GNU sort, HP
    300-400, SGI Irix, and BSDI.
-   Information about DOS ispell has been added to the README.
-   There is now a languages/README file that documents how to install
    hash files for other languages.
-   A bug has been corrected that caused ispell to leave backup files
    around even if they were not wanted.
-   Ispell will now suggest "don't" as a correction if you omit the
    apostrophe, and so forth.
-   A bug that could cause a core dump in buildhash on the DEC Alpha
    has been fixed.
-   The environment variable "DICTIONARY" can be used to control the
    hash file used for spell-checking.
-   The history of ispell in the Contributors file has been expanded,
    thanks to input from some of the people who were involved with it
    long ago.  A history of ispell 4.0 has also been added.
-   Various Makefile improvements:  binary executables are now
    installed stripped, directories are made as part of installation,
    and file modes are now correct.
-   A number of harmless C warning messages have been corrected.
-   64-bit machines (e.g., DEC Alpha, Cray) are now easier to
    configure correctly.
-   Ispell now does a better job of handling extremely long lines,
    both from the command line and within emacs.
-   Two bugs have been fixed in ijoin.  Neither affected ispell
    itself, but ijoin is now a correct implementation of the "join"
    command.
-   The compound-words options added in patch 8 have been documented.
-   A number of error messages have been improved.
-   Ispell now handles languages that have more than 128 string
    characters.
-   The copyright on the texinfo documentation has been returned to
    FSF, to reflect its true authorship and simplify Emacs
    maintenance.
-   Munchlist now sets values for the LANG and LOCALE variables to
    work around internationalized-sort bugs in some systems.
-   A new debugging feature allows certain debugging information to be
    automatically collected and mailed to the ispell maintainer.
-   The German affix file has been improved, both in terms of
    character sets and in the definitions of certain affix flags
    (thanks, Heinz!).
-   Many major bug fixes to ispell.el, too many to mention
    individually.
-   A number of errors in the British and American dictionaries have
    been cured.  The British dictionary should be much more acceptable
    to United Kingdom users now.
-- 
	Geoff Kuenning	g.kuenning@ieee.org	geoff@ITcorp.com