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From: rock@warp.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill Petro)
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Subject: Re: spelling from within vi
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Date: 8 Nov 90 23:17:04 GMT
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Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM writes:

>>	Is there a way I can use the unix spelling program ispell
>>	or spell from within vi. if yes and some body have done it
>>	please let me know how...

>Why don't you just "go with the flow", "get with the program", "get
>up, get into it, get involved" (--James Brown) and use GNU Emacs' vi
>(or vip) mode, and its ispell interface.

I have just started playing with the vip-mode in emacs and  would be interested
in any suggestions on how to use the ispell interface.

In the meantime, here is what I so in vi.  It is a little faster than
the other suggestions:

map @x :!ispell -x %^M^M:e!^M	

Here are other macro mappings that will allow you to spell smaller parts
of your buffer:

"	ISPELL MACROS
"	CURRENT WORD
map x lbi
"       FROM DOT TO END OF FILE
map @X :.,$w!/tmp/ispell.buf|t.|.,$d|!ispell -x #
:r#
"       FROM MARK (M) TO DOT
map  :'m,.w!/tmp/ispell.buf|t.|'m,-d|!ispell -x #
:r#
"       CURRENT PARAGRAPH
map  {ma}mb:'a,'bw!/tmp/ispell.buf|t.|'a,'bd|!ispell -x #
:r#
--
     Bill Petro  {decwrl,hplabs,ucbvax}!sun!Eng!rock
"UNIX for the sake of the kingdom of heaven"  Matthew 19:12