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From: rock@rancho.uucp (Rock Kent)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: A spell checker that offers suggestions
Summary: ispell offers alternatives for misspelled words
Message-ID: <1989Oct16.005632.29556@rancho.uucp>
Date: 16 Oct 89 00:56:32 GMT
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Organization: Del Rayo Ranch, San Diego, CA
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In-Reply-To: lm03_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu's message of 15 Oct 89 14:51:00 GMT

On 15 Oct 89 14:51:00 GMT, lm03_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Larry Moss) said:
Larry> For some time I've been looking for a UNIX spell checker that will offer
Larry> suggestions for the proper spellings of words it doesn't know.  If
Larry> something like this exists, I'd be very interested in hearing about it.

Seems I remember another request like this a little while ago -- so
I'm posting this response.  I use *ispell* together with GNUemacs.
*ispell* validates the spelling of words against a dictionary and
offers candidates for correct spellings of words not in the
dictionary.  It selects those candidates, I believe, on the basis of
single character errors and transposition errors.  If that's not
adequate, I sure that the source for *ispell* would be better than
starting from scratch.  *ispell* can also be used interactively from
the command line to check the spelling in a file.

*ispell* source (shar files) was available from uunet, osu-cis, aeras,
and bigtex the last time I looked.

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