jrc@ritcv.UUCP (James R. Carbin) (07/25/86)
I am posting this hear because I dont no wher else to post it.
It is rather sad to read otherwise intellegant postings in which the
righter duz not no how to spell. Seperately, courtious, definately,
etc. etc. etc..... only to mention a few in addition to my
obvius misteaks! :-)
It may seem to be petty, but would you please take the the time to pass
your posting through "spell" before unleashing it to the world.
If you don't know how to do it:
1) "w" to "write" the updated posting
2) "f" to determine the file-ID of the temporary posting file
3) "ctrl-Z" to temporarily stop the posting process
4) "spell file-ID" to find the spelling errors
5) "%n" to re-enter the posting process
6) use your favorite editor to correct your errors
7) iterate steps 3 through 6 until all spelling errors have been removed
(Be sure to write ("w") the file after changes to the file)
8) "q" to post the article
Not only myself, but I am sure many others will appreciate your efforts.
j.r. {allegra,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!jrc
p.s. I apologize in advance for using U.S. spellings. Of course, I expect
that Canadian and U.K. postings will be coloured appropriately.jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao) (07/31/86)
The following is a better way for ex/vi users to run 'spell' on
their messages without requiring any of those blatant 4BSD-isms,
such as ^Z and fg %n.
:w to write the file
:!spell % to run the spell program on that file
If ex objects to the extra ':'s, omit them. Heck, omit them in
ex anyway: you just need them for vi.
If you are running vi, and want to get the output at the end of
your file instead of on screen and then on paper and then back
into your file, you can:
:w to write the file
G to go to the end of the file
o<ESC> to open a new, empty line
!!spell % to run the spell program with output to the line
Spell output from this article:
ESC
hadron.UUCP
isms
jsdy
net.misc
Newsgroups
ritcv.UUCP
Yao
I don't think I'll change it, though. ;-)
--
Joe Yao hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}
jsdy@hadron.COM (not yet domainised)hp@lanl.ARPA (Akkana) (08/01/86)
> [flame about poor spelling on the net ...] > > If you don't know how to do it: > 1) "w" to "write" the updated posting > 2) "f" to determine the file-ID of the temporary posting file > 3) "ctrl-Z" to temporarily stop the posting process > 4) "spell file-ID" to find the spelling errors > 5) "%n" to re-enter the posting process > 6) use your favorite editor to correct your errors > 7) iterate steps 3 through 6 until all spelling errors have been removed > (Be sure to write ("w") the file after changes to the file) > 8) "q" to post the article Yes, I do this sometimes on long and involved postings, but it doesn't seem worth the hassle to go through all this just for five-line tripe. (I will not, for instance, run this posting through spell.) I might suggest some news-software-supported method of automatically checking spellings if we really want to encourage newcomers to pay attention to their spelling. Oh, and your instructions don't make much sense to me. What software are you using? I use vnews. For me, it's 1) ":w" (or "w" if in ex, or ^X^F, or whatever) to write 2) ^Z to suspend (assume csh) 3) look at what [insert editor name] told you the filename was (typically /tmp/postxxxxxx) 4) "spell filename" 5) "fg" Of course, all this can be avoided if you use emacs or a similarly intelligent editor. (M-x spell-and-quit-if-correct :-} :-}) -- ...Akkana akkana%cnls@lanl.arpa Center for Nonlinear Studies, LANL "It is such a waste to be subtle and vicious with people who don't even know that you're being subtle and vicious." - Ayn Rand, _The Fountainhead_