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From: kal@cs.brown.edu (Keith Lewis (x1136))
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Subject: Re: Spell checking in vi
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Date: 25 Apr 91 16:20:43 GMT
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In article <2360003@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com> mck@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Doug McKenzie) writes:
>>   Hello.  A few years ago there was a posting of some lines that
>> could be placed in an 'exrc file to interface with spell(1).  One function
>> key took all the editor buffer, piped it to spell, and appended the
>> output.  A second function key cycled through these words one at a time
>> and loaded the search buffer.  Your could then find and correct the
>> bad words easily.
>> 
>>   I've lost this.  Does anyone still have this... or a better spell-
>> checker interface for vi?

Here is something I have in my .exrc. The command \sp in vi runs spell
on the file and puts the output in a temporary file. Just move the
cursor to a line containing a word you want to change and type \/.
You get switched back to the original with the cursor underneath
the misspelled word. Type \\ to return to the temp file. When you
are done \$ removes the temp file.

map \sp :!spell % > %.sp^V^M:e %.sp^V^M^V^M
map \/ 0i/^V^[$a/^V^["wdd:w^V^M:e#^V^M@w
map \\ :w^V^M:e#^V^M
map \$ :!rm -f %.sp^V^M

-Keith Lewis