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From: daiyingshi@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: RE: Summary -- Spell Checkers
Message-ID: <1148daiyingshi@yvax.byu.edu>
Date: 3 Mar 90 22:12:52 GMT
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In Article: <16426@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
The auther write :
>To whom it might be interested in.
>
>This is a summary of the answers I received to my quest for a spell
>checker. I assume no responsability on availabity or correctness
>of the software.
>This message is a service to the group and an acknowledgment of its
>usefulness.
>At the same time it is also intended as a "thank you note" to all
>people that have taken their time to answer my quest.
>
>Software       ftp-address             Notes
>------------------------------------------------
>detex  j.cc.purdue.edu                 Takes a .tex file and
>       uunet.uu.net                    eliminates all tex commands
>       haunama.staford.edu
>
>ispell tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/ispell/*
>                                       A general purpose spell
>                                       checker that "knows" about LATEX.
>                                       Works in combination with Emacs.
>                                       A file ispell.el is also available.
>
>Routine at the end of this message
>                                       It make some mistakes because
>it does not recognize all Latex commands and parameters but it is a
>clever "quick and dirty" solution to the problem. I have run it and
>the mistakes it makes do not seem to create a problem. You just ignore them.

        I tried to ftp them , but I failed.

     Tried                      Result
 ================      ============================================
 ftp uunet.uu.edu       Refused to connect!
 ftp j.cc.purdue.edu    In which directory ??
 ftp haunama.staford.edu  No such a node!
 ftp haunama.stanford.edu   No such a node!
 ===============       ============================================

        So I think maybe something wrong with the post. Maybe the auther forget
to check the spelling of his article ? :-)

        Also , can I use any of these checkers in VAX/VMS ?


        daiyingshi@yvax.byu.edu