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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Rehash Needed Re: calling spell checker from within VI
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Date: 18 Dec 90 07:52:24 GMT
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From the keyboard of billd@infmx.informix.com (William Daul):
:Could someone send me the essence of the discussion a few weeks ago
:regarding calling a spell checker program from within VI?  

Well, I can't give you its essence, as my newsrc was mutilated
and I wasn't reading the group at the time because of this,
but here's what I use:

    map ^V^I  \
    "       so can use both TAB and \ for meta-key

    map \s :w^Mgo^V^[:$r!spell %^M
    "       spell the file, placing errors at bottom, use \n and n 
    "       to find next occurrences

    map \/ dePo/\<^V^[pA\>^V^["wdd@w
    "       find current word, uses w buffer

    map \n Gdd\/
    "       for find next spelling error

Be careful of that last one, of course.  This is really
quite quick.  I often make a temporary map like this:

    map = \n

to make it easier to type while running down the list.

Oh, the Meta-/ macro isn't 100% right always, but I haven't
taken the time to fix it.  You may see what I mean.  Still,
I use it a lot, although not on read-only files, alas.

The truth is I don't use Meta-s much anymore because I've
got news and notes and MH all rigged up to pop me into ispell
when I'm done editing a posting of some sort.

--tom
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Tom Christiansen		tchrist@convex.com	convex!tchrist
"With a kernel dive, all things are possible, but it sure makes it hard
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