billd@infmx.informix.com (William Daul) (12/15/90)
Could someone send me the essence of the discussion a few weeks ago regarding calling a spell checker program from within VI? Also, does anyone have (or know where to get) the documentation for the public domain ISPELL program? Thanks, --Bi(( [408-926-6488]
tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) (12/18/90)
From the keyboard of billd@infmx.informix.com (William Daul): :Could someone send me the essence of the discussion a few weeks ago :regarding calling a spell checker program from within VI? Well, I can't give you its essence, as my newsrc was mutilated and I wasn't reading the group at the time because of this, but here's what I use: map ^V^I \ " so can use both TAB and \ for meta-key map \s :w^Mgo^V^[:$r!spell %^M " spell the file, placing errors at bottom, use \n and n " to find next occurrences map \/ dePo/\<^V^[pA\>^V^["wdd@w " find current word, uses w buffer map \n Gdd\/ " for find next spelling error Be careful of that last one, of course. This is really quite quick. I often make a temporary map like this: map = \n to make it easier to type while running down the list. Oh, the Meta-/ macro isn't 100% right always, but I haven't taken the time to fix it. You may see what I mean. Still, I use it a lot, although not on read-only files, alas. The truth is I don't use Meta-s much anymore because I've got news and notes and MH all rigged up to pop me into ispell when I'm done editing a posting of some sort. --tom -- Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist "With a kernel dive, all things are possible, but it sure makes it hard to look at yourself in the mirror the next morning." -me
s887212@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Stephen Riehm [Romulis]) (12/19/90)
tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: >From the keyboard of billd@infmx.informix.com (William Daul): >:Could someone send me the essence of the discussion a few weeks ago >:regarding calling a spell checker program from within VI? [ lotsa stuff deleted ] >The truth is I don't use Meta-s much anymore because I've >got news and notes and MH all rigged up to pop me into ispell >when I'm done editing a posting of some sort. now thats more like it.. if you have ispell a simple macro looks something like... :map <insert favorite key here> :w!^M:!ispell %^M:e!^M^M and if you don't have ispell.. tell your favorite Sysop to get it for you :-) it really leaves poor ol' spell for dead. ========================================================================= Romulis [Stephen Riehm] Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, (124 Latrobe St., Melbourne.) s887212@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au Australia. The opinions expressed here must be mine as I don't have an employer :-( Any kind soul believing that they may be able to help me with this slightly embarrassing problem please send email to.......... s887212@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au for full resume and application. Will re-locate if I can afford the transport!!