Re: Spellchecking

[David auerbach@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to note from nsivin@xxxxxxxx 09/21/95 08:46am -0400

> I wouldn't think of letting a spell checker beep at me every
time I > type a proper noun, so I always batch-check the file
using the  SPELL > command. It is very fast. The result is a
list of words that are not > approved by the dictionary, and by
your personal one of you have > loaded it. I go through the
list and remove everything that is not a > possible spelling
error. I then place after each possible error the > correct
form. It is then simple enough to record a macro that >
searches out each instance of the possibly wrong word (the 2
files  in > adjacent windows, using CV for search) and lets you
decide  whether to > "fix" it (and then erases that pair of
words in the spell file and > moves to the next). > XyQuest
already wrote that macro. It is the command "correct"
If you delete the obviously correct words from the spell.tmp
file, fix  the obvious ones and leave the "context-needed" ones
alone, save  that and then run    correct, you achieve what
you want.


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David Auerbach
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Department of Philosophy & Religion
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