Scanning Macwrite files while IN Macwrite

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From: Greg Corson
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1986 20:48

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I need some information on how to write a DA or other program that can scan
through the CURRENTLY OPEN file while STILL INSIDE MacWrite.  The program
would be similar in function to the typical spelling checker.  You would call
it up from the MacWrite "spell" menu and it would scan through the file you
currently had open, stopping on certain words and highlighting them.

I know enough about the MacWrite file format to write this kind of program as
a stand alone...but for it to be useful the program has to be runable from
INSIDE MacWrite, just like a spelling checker.

Does anybody know how to write this kind of a program?  Or even how to get a 
program to install itself in the "spell" menu of MacWrite?  I assume you have
to give the file a special resource type or something so MacWrite will know
where to find it.

Greg Corson
19141 Summers Drive
South Bend, IN 46637
(219) 277-5306 (weekdays)
(219) 272-2136 (evenings & weekends)
{pur-ee,seismo}!iuvax!kangaro!milo

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From: milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson)
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Subject: Scanning Macwrite files while IN Macwrite
Message-ID: <152@ndmath.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 2-Nov-86 15:48:13 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  2 15:48:13 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 4-Nov-86 01:41:38 EST
Organization: Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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Keywords: MacWrite, spelling checkers