Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!midway!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!cs326ag From: cs326ag@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: Electronic Dictionary Message-ID: <1991Feb13.012904.1423@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 13 Feb 91 01:29:04 GMT References: <1991Feb13.002554.10557@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 62 Darin Sheriff writes: > I have decieded that it would be a good idea to have an electronic > dictionary on hand (The type where you type in a word and it tells you > whether you got it right or not, and gives you the meaning) and was > wondering whether such a beastie was available for the Amiga. If someone > knows of one kindly sing out. Thank you. Time to plug ISpell... (Soon to be seen on comp.source.amiga, when Tad gets around to it... :-) Note: ISpell does not have definitions or meaning of words, but it is a great spelling checker... Subject: ISpell Description: Interactive Spelling Checker with ARexx Server Mode for the Amiga Version: 3.1ljr [with ARexx Server Mode] Long_Description: Plainly speaking, ISpell is a spelling checker with a few features you don't get anywhere else... Most importantly, unlike the UNIX(tm) spell program, ISpell is interactive. ISpell v3.1ljr can be used in two major modes: 1. Original Interactive Mode (does not require ARexx): This mode will allow the user to interactively spell check and correct a text document. Regular expression lookup of word patterns is possible. All operations are *fast* because ISpell uses an in- core hash table of words. (It also eats *large* amounts of memory! Ahh, the tradeoffs of software design. This feature will not be changed/fixed/whatever (at least by me...).) 2. New ARexx Server Mode (of course ARexx server mode requires ARexx): This mode allows the end user to hook ISpell up to text editors and other things that need a spell checking service. Regular expression lookup of word patterns is also possible in ARexx Server Mode. This mode appears to be even faster than the above mode, because ISpell stays in memory waiting for requests --- the mumble, mumble (500K) hash file only has to be loaded into memory once at startup time. Currently supported ARexx commands: Add, QuickAdd, Check, QuickCheck, FileCheck, Lookup, Version, Exit. ARexx macros are provided for CygnusEd Professional v2.12 (and before if you're lucky), mg3beta4 or later(Thanks Mike Meyer!) and the command line. From man/readme.old: ``My eternal gratitude to the author of ispell -- I don't know how I ever lived without it. I received his permission to post ispell to the net...'' - Walt Buehring [a long time ago] Permission to freely distribute for non-profit use is hereby granted. Fred Fish is welcome and encouraged to place this on a ><> Disk. Loren J. Rittle lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Fri Feb 8 15:34:37 1991 -- ``NewTek stated that the Toaster *would not* be made to directly support the Mac, at this point Sculley stormed out of the booth...'' -A scene at the recent MacExpo. Gee, you wouldn't think that an Apple Exec would be so worried about one little Amiga Device... Loren J. Rittle l-rittle@uiuc.edu