Re: XY4 DOS Spell Check [nnn]

[auerbach@xxxxxxxx (David Auerbach)]

On 06/12/96 at 10:21 PM,
  Tom Hawley  said (in so many words):

>Under XY4 DOS 4.017 (perhaps the last DOS version?):

> 1. Enter word enclosed in "true" quotes:
> 
>        [264]test[265]

> 2. Spell check the on-screen file interactively; it's
>OK.

> 3.  Store it, and spell check the disk file. This
>produces two errors in SPELL.TMP:

>      test*
>      *

> where * is ASCII 254, the small black box.

>This means that every word enclosed in quotes is
[...]
> I dont' see any other
>defaults that relate to the spell checker which might
>provide a way to fix this . . .

There's a default that sets what counts as punctuation. I've haven't
fiddled with it in ages, so I don't know if it takes those codes or not.



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                     Regards,
                     David

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