gary2 (04/11/83)
I've given up trying to map the explanation in the manual pages on the
"spell" utility (spell/spellin/spellout) to reality. Attempts to
create an auxiliary dictionary, to be used in conjunction with the
system default, or to replace the default with an auxiliary which
also contains the system dictionary, have totally failed. Can someone
out there reply by mail with either/both of:
1) clarification on how to do either of the above, using
spell/spellin/spellout
OR
2) reference/source to a replacement which is useable, i.e.
which conveniently allows for creation of local additions
to the system dictionary?
My sincere thanks in advance for any/all assistance.
Gary Chappell
QUBIX Graphic Systems
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fortune!olson Apr 11 22:54:00 1983
>From the spell makefile (I have used it this way and it works
nicely).
hlist: /usr/dict/words spellin
spellin </usr/dict/words >hlist
hlista: american local hlist spellin
(cat american local)|spellin hlist >hlista
hlistb: british local hlist spellin
(cat british local)|spellin hlist >hlistb
hstop: stop spellin
spellin <stop >hstop
where hlist is the initial list, hlist[ab] are the american and
british spelling lists created by adding anomalous entries to the
basic list, and hstop is the list to catch spelling errors which
otherwise look like valid prefix/suffix extensions from valid entries.
Good Luck!
fortune!olson