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From: rms@inuxa.UUCP (R Sachs)
Newsgroups: net.general
Subject: re:  Running spell from VI
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Date: Thu, 19-Jan-84 16:24:49 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 19 16:24:49 1984
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Many thanks to Jim Hogue for telling us how to implement "spell"
while in vi.  I followed his instructions on creating a shell program
and then setting up two function keys for vi.  I was able to get the 
second function key to work (the one that appends the list of 
misspelled words to your file).  But the other key doesn't work
for me and perhaps he or anyone else can explain what's happening.

This key should spit out the string:
	Gi/\<A\>"add@a
and should cause vi to jump to the last line of text (the last misspelled
word), save it in register a, delete it, then do a search on contents
of register a.  I think I got the logical order right, but all I get
when I press this key is a jump to the last line followed by a search
on the string:  
	\<A\>"add@a
and of course vi cannot find this string.  What did I do wrong?
How does this command string work in detail?  I understand what each
piece does alone, but not how it works together to do the job.
Thanks for your help.

Rich Sachs