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From: arenberg@trwrb.UUCP (Jeff Arenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Spelling a TeX/LaTeX buffer
Message-ID: <785@trwcsed.trwrb.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 88 20:07:42 GMT
References: <8804231931.AA02057@backup.vuse.uucp>
Reply-To: arenberg@trwcsed.UUCP (Jeff Arenberg)
Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <8804231931.AA02057@backup.vuse.uucp> drl@backup.UUCP (David R. Linn) writes:
>Let me restate my question: How do you convince the GNU EMACS command
>M-x spell-buffer to correctly check the spelling of a TeX or LaTeX
>buffer? M-x spell-buffer appears to use the system command "spell"
>which processes its input with deroff which makes a somewhat ...
>humorous ... transformation of the TeX input. I know about detex
>and can do the steps of the pipeline by hand but would prefer have
>the M-x spell-buffer command do the "right" thing.

I have made exactly the required changes to the file "spell.ml", but I'm
running Unipress Emacs and not GNU.  I also added the capability of adding
words to a local copy of spell's hash list.  I sent a copy of the original
poster.  If anyone wants a copy, sent me a note.

Jeff Arenberg
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