Re: portable.int problems

["J. R. Fox" jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

Carl Distefano wrote:

> > That being said, I must admit I did not know it was bad
> > practice to LOAD the dictionary. That line has been in my
> > Startup file forever. My impression is that Startup came out-
> > of-the-box from TTG that way.
>
> Jordan, you may be thinking of the line that LOADs DICT.HYP or
> DICTION, the hypenation dictionary (customization-file label ;HY;),
> or PERS.SPL or another personal spelling file (file label ;SP;),
> both of which are editable text files. DICT.SPL is a binary file,
> non-editable, with no customization-file label (and none possible).

Right you are, Carl. (As usual.) It was my turn to be confused. The
lines referenced were indeed the ones you cited, _no_ DICT.SPL involved.

Jordan