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- SpellR Copyright (c) JeWeL Software,
- 1985, 1988, all rights reserved Ver 2.0
-
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-
- I Introduction
-
- The Spellr.exe program is designed to check the spelling of any
- ASCII document and output all of the words that could not be found
- in its dictionary to the standard output device. The output for each
- unknown word found in a document is as follows:
-
- file.ext(line, col) error : unknown_word (number)
-
- The "file.ext" is the name of the the file being processed, "line,
- col" is the line number and column number for the unknown word,
- "unknown_word" is the actual spelling of the word not known, and the
- "(number)" is the number of times the unknown word was found in the
- document file.
-
-
- II Dictionary
-
- The dictionary used with this program contains in excess of 40,000
- words.
-
- In addition the user can specify any file that contains a list of
- words the should be accepted by the program. If no file name is
- given then the program will search for a default list of words in a
- file named "SPELLR.DIC". The search for either the user's specified
- word list, or the default word list file "SPELLR.DIC" will use the
- current PATH setting. Thus if the dictionary list file could not be
- found in the current directory then it will search each PATH setting
- trying to locate and open the specified file.
-
- The optional word list is simply an ASCII file that contains word
- that should be accepted as correct in spelling with each word
- separated by any number of white spaces (spaces, tabs, newlines).
- The total size of this word list is not restricted, but if should
- not contain in excess of 1,000 to 2,000 words since this will cause
- a delay in program execution.
-
-
- III Program Usage
-
- This program executes on any MS-DOS/PC-DOS compatible computer. To
- invoke the program to check the spelling of any ASCII document
- simply enter the following:
-
- SpellR [-tn] [-dmywords] filename
-
- The optional "-tn" (without the quotes) specifies the tab setting
- distance to use for reporting column numbers. If the tab setting is
- not given a value of four (4) will be used.
-
- The optional "-dmywords" (without the quotes) specifies an optional
- list of words that should be accepted as correct spelling. See
- section II, Dictionary for an explanation of the content and usage
- of this word list file.
-
- The "filename" is simply the file to check the spelling on.
-
- The execution speed for the SpellR.exe program will vary depending
- on what type of computer you are using. In some test cases this
- program was capabale of processing 150 words per second on a 8MHZ
- IBM PC/AT.
-
-
- III BRIEF Editor Usage
-
- Since this error output is similar to the error output from many
- compiler programs, it is well suited to being processed by the BRIEF
- Editor, in the same manner that this editor process error output
- from any compiler program.
-
- To use this program simply use the BRIEF macro compiler "cm" to
- compile the "SpellR.m" file supplied with the "SpellR.exe" program.
- Once you have compiled this program simply place it with all of your
- other compiled BRIEF macros and invoke it as you would any DOS
- program by depressing the F10 key and entering "SpellR".
-
- Once the "SpellR" macro is invoked it will write out any changes to
- the current file being processed and invoke the "SpellR.exe" program
- passing the current tab setting, the file name being edited, and
- re-direct the standard output to a file of the same name with the
- extension ".err".
-
- Once the "SpellR.exe" program has completed execution the "SpellR"
- BRIEF macro will place the cursor on the first unknown word. The
- unknown word will also be displayed on the bottom prompt line
- followed by the number of times this word appears in the file. To
- proceed to the next unknown word you simply enter the "CTRL-N" key
- the same as you do for examing other errors when you invoke a
- compiler from within BRIEF.
-
- The BRIEF macro is simply a minor modification of the compile macro
- supplied by Solution Systems and thus is not copyrighted by the
- author.
-
- IV Copyright Protection for SpellR.exe
-
- The SpellR.exe program is copyright (c) 1985, 1988 by JeWeL
- Software. All rights reserved. Non-registered users are granted a
- limited license to use this product on a trial basis, and to copy
- the program for trial use by others subject to the following
- limitations:
-
- The program is distributed in unmodified form, complete with
- documentation.
-
- No fee, charge, or other consideration is requested or accepted by
- the user.
-
- The program is not distributed in conjunction with any other
- product.
-
- If you intend to use SpellR on a regular basis, please register and
- show your support for the author. Commercial, business, or
- governmental use by non-registered users is prohibited.
-
- Interested in multiple copies for use at work? Site and corporate
- licenses are available.
-
- The "SpellR.exe" program is not copy protected.
-
-
- V Information about Spellr.exe
-
- Every effort has been made to insure the correct performance of this
- program. If any problems are encountered with the SpellR.exe program
- please address then to the address below.
-
- If you use this program on a regular basis, please show your support
- by registering. You may register by sending a check or money order
- for $30 to:
-
- JeWeL Software
- 9014 N. E. 82nd Ave
- Vancouver, Washington 98662
- (206) 892-1559
-
- All registered users will receive notification of any new release of
- the Spellr.exe program. Program disks are not included in the
- registration fee.
-