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From: steveha@microsoft.UUCP (Steve Hastings)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: spelling from within vi
Message-ID: <59025@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 12 Nov 90 20:02:08 GMT
References: <1990Oct31.153710.7865@cec1.wustl.edu> <1990Nov7.005405.461@investor.pgh.pa.us>
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In article <1990Nov7.005405.461@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes:
>I usually use :1,.$!spell.  This replaces the buffer with your spelling
>errors, but u[ndo] restores the buffer.

Simpler still:

:w !spell

This pipes the whole file through spell, then waits for you to hit a key
before showing you the file again.  No danger of losing your data, and less
to type.

I have the following lines in my .exrc file:

map - :w !spell^M
map = :w !diction^M


So when I hit the - key I get a spell check, and when I hit the = key I get
a grammar check (very rudimentary).  Sometimes I have thought about
modifying these to pipe through more, but usually I get less than a
screenful of complaints and the speed overhead isn't worth it.
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