Re: spell checker should suggest alternatives

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From: marc
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 1990 16:40

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In article <CEDMAN.90Dec12184454@lynx.ps.uci.edu> cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) writes:

>In article <9012120601.AA29097@wubios.wustl.edu> david@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (David J. Camp) writes:
>   I have seen spell checkers that work better than emacs.  When it finds
...

>No spellchecker can be better than emacs. Emacs is not a spell
>checker, but an editor which allows you to write interfaces to
...

Since the base emacs, as described in the emacs book from FSF,
contains spell, I think you overstate your case.  Be that as it may - 

Can you or someone else publish some specifics on getting ispell or
some other good checker.  What ftp sites, etc.

Marc Auslander

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