Re: spell checker should suggest alternatives

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From: Carl Edman
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 1990 20:55

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In article <MARC.90Dec13114020@marc.watson.ibm.com> marc@arnor.uucp writes:
   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.

Ispell seems to be pretty well liked overall, and has been ported to
many machines. It should be available from prep.ai.mit.edu. The
emacs-interface to ispell is available from tut.cis.ohio-state.edu in
the directory /pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/ispell.el.Z.

        Carl Edman

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