ssa@mrsvr.UUCP (6607) (10/06/88)
Does any one have the source (or SUN executable) for a visual spell
checker, similar to the "vspell" program that is available on the STORE for
the unixpc? basically what I am interested in is a spell checker that
highlights the misspelled word and lets you change the word on the spot.
Thanks in advance....
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=======================================================================andy@rbdc.UUCP (Andy Pitts) (10/07/88)
In article <449@mrsvr.UUCP> ssa@mrsvr.UUCP (6607) writes: > > Does any one have the source (or SUN executable) for a visual spell >checker, similar to the "vspell" program that is available on the STORE for >the unixpc? Vspell from The Store can probably be ported to the Sun with no trouble. It is a shell script and should execute without trouble. It does call a small C program (inspell.c) but the source is included in the package from The Store. It seems to me that all you need to do is get the vspell script, compile inspell.c and it should run. -- Andy Pitts andy@rbdc.UUCP : "The giant Gorf was hit in one eye by a stone, bakerst!rbdc!andy : and that eye turned inward so that it looked kd4nc!gladys!rbdc!andy : into his mind and he died of what he saw there." pacbell!gladys!rbdc!andy : --_The Forgotten Beast of Eld_, McKillip--
dshanks@ogccse.ogc.edu (Dave Shanks) (10/08/88)
In article <449@mrsvr.UUCP> ssa@mrsvr.UUCP (6607) writes: > Does any one have the source (or SUN executable) for a visual spell >checker, similar to the "vspell" program I don't know anything about vspell, but the Jove editor has a builtin spell check command. Basically it pipes your file through the unix spell program and then searches for the words that come out (first allowing you to delete words that spell finds which are not mispelled). Jove sources are available in the comp.sources.unix archives. -- Dave Shanks cds@atelabs.UUCP AT&E Laboratories ..!tektronix!tessi!atelabs!cds 10450 SW Nimbus Ave. (503) 620-7787 Tigard, OR 97223
jdc@naucse.UUCP (John Campbell) (10/12/88)
From article <583@rbdc.UUCP>, by andy@rbdc.UUCP (Andy Pitts):
: In article <449@mrsvr.UUCP> ssa@mrsvr.UUCP (6607) writes:
:>
:> Does any one have the source (or SUN executable) for a visual spell
:>checker, similar to the "vspell" program that is available on the STORE for
:>the unixpc?
:
: Vspell from The Store can probably be ported to the Sun with no trouble.
: It is a shell script and should execute without trouble. It does call a
: small C program (inspell.c) but the source is included in
Has anyone noticed vspell missing words that spell catches (happens on my
3b1 unixpc). I haven't looked into it yet, but it effectively ruled out using
vspell to help my son (who is spelling dyslexic). I'm trying to find something
on-screen that is useful for a unix novice. (spell alone is hard to use and
has some hashing duplications if I remember rightly.)
--
John Campbell ...!arizona!naucse!jdc
unix? Sure send me a dozen, all different colors.andy@rbdc.UUCP (Andy Pitts) (10/14/88)
>: In article <449@mrsvr.UUCP> ssa@mrsvr.UUCP (6607) writes: >Has anyone noticed vspell missing words that spell catches (happens on my >3b1 unixpc). I haven't looked into it yet, but it effectively ruled out using >vspell to help my son (who is spelling dyslexic). There is a minor bug in inspell.c that causes vspell to ignore the first line in a file. You can work around this by always leaving the first line blank, or you can install the patch I am inclosing to inspell.c and re compiling. ----------cut--------------cut--------------cut----------------------------- *** inspell.c.old Thu Oct 13 14:45:27 1988 --- inspell.c Thu Oct 13 14:45:34 1988 *************** *** 61,67 char **argv; { register int i,j,ret,which; ! int lineno=1,fixret=1; int num_o_lines,intr(); char c; --- 61,67 ----- char **argv; { register int i,j,ret,which; ! int lineno=0,fixret=1; int num_o_lines,intr(); char c; -- Andy Pitts andy@rbdc.UUCP : "The giant Gorf was hit in one eye by a stone, bakerst!rbdc!andy : and that eye turned inward so that it looked kd4nc!gladys!rbdc!andy : into his mind and he died of what he saw there." pacbell!gladys!rbdc!andy : --_The Forgotten Beast of Eld_, McKillip--