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MicroSPELL 2.0 Release Notes July 4, 1992
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(C)Copyright 1987, 1992 by Daniel M. Lawrence
MicroSPELL 2.0 can be copied and distributed freely for any
non-commercial purposes. Commercial users may use MicroEMACS
3.11 inhouse. Shareware distributors may redistribute
MicroSPELL 2.0 for media costs only. MicroSPELL 2.0 can only
be incorporated into commercial software or resold with the
permission of the current author.
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DESCRIPTION:
MicroSPELL is a stand alone spell checker which scans text files
and reports on misspelled words. It has a 1000 word common word list
and a 67,000 word main dictionary. Multiple user dictionaries can also
be used during a spell check.
MicroSPELL will run on any MSDOS machine, on AMIGA 1000s, Atari
STs, several different flavors of UNIX and on the IBM 370 series
mainframe under CMS.
This can also be used in conjunction with a MicroEMACS 3.11 macro
(scan.cmd) which steps through the source file, stopping at each suspect
word and allowing the user to dispose of it in different ways.
There are two stand alone utilities that are used to maintain
the dictionary. DMERGE will merge a text file of words and the main
compressed dictionary into a new text dictionary. CDICT will take a
text dictionary and create a new compressed dictionary.
The BIC program takes a suspect word as an argument and returns
suggested replacement words.
DOCUMENTATION:
SPELL.MSS is the source for a breif user's document. SPELL.TXT is
the same file formatted for a plain printer, and SPELL.PS is formatted for
a postscript printer
INSTALLATION:
The various files need to be somewhere in the executable path on
machines that have paths. On machines which don't, the files need to be
placed in a directory listed in the DPATH.H file. Once all the files
are there, they should work without other problems.
On the ATARI ST, make sure to install spell.prg as a TOS TAKES
PARAMETERS application via the install application menu entry from the
GEM desktop. On the AMIGA, spell is best invoked from the CLI command
line.
AVAILABILITY:
MicroSPELL 2.0 is availible in a couple of different ways.
First, it is availible via my bulletin board system.....
The Programmer's Room
FIDO 1:201/10
(317) 742-5533
24 hours 300/1200/2400 baud
Also it should be available via anonymous ftp from:
midas.mgmt.purdue.edu
between the hours of 5pm and 8am.
The distribution is arranged as a number of .ZIP files,
US20DOC.ZIP which contains the documentation and dictionary files,
US20SRC.ZIP which has all the sources and US20EXE.ZIP, USATARI.ARC and
USAMIGA.ARC which contains the executables for various machines. Also
all the various executables are available individually.
US20DOC.ZIP includes the files:
README This file
DICT.DCT Compressed Main dictionary (apx 60,000 words)
COMMON.TXT Common word list (apx 1000 words)
SCAN.CMD MicroEMACS 3.11 command file used to scan
spelled document files
SPELL.MSS document in Borland SPRINT form
SPELL.PS document in Postscript
SPELL.TXT document in text form
US20SRC.ZIP includes the files:
DDEF.H Global variable definitions
DOPT.H Compile OPTIONS file
DPATH.H Path list to find dictionary files
DSFX.H Suffix list
DSTRUCT.H Structure declarations
BIC.C Make spelling suggestions
CDICT.C Compress dictionary main program
CHECK.C Check source words vs main dictionary
COMMON.C Common word list routines
DMERGE.C Dictionary merge main program
FILE.C File I/O
MAIN.C SPELL main program
MDICT.C Main dictionary functions
QUICK.C Quicksort functions
SOURCE.C Source file parsing routines
USER.C User word list file functions
UTIL.C Various shared utility routines
Each executable archive includes the files(with appropriate extentions):
SPELL.EXE Spell checker
DMERGE.EXE Dictionary merge program
CDICT.EXE Dictionary compress program
BIC.EXE Make a correction suggestion
and these executable archives are or will seen be availible:
US20EXE.ZIP All MSDOS machines
SATARI.ARC Atari 520/1040ST
SAMIGA.ARC Commodore Amiga 1000
SUPPORT:
I will support these programs, and encourage everyone to spread
them around as much as they can. If you make what you think are changes
that are useful to many, send me the updates, and as time permits, I
will incorporate the ones I understand, and agree with into the master
sources. Sending a check for $25 to register these programs and support
their future development would be appreciated.
USmail: Daniel Lawrence
617 New York St
Lafayette, IN 47901
UUCP: dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu!mdbs!dan
ARPA: mdbs!dan@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu
FIDO: The Programmer's Room 1:201/10
(317) 742-5533
ATT: (317) 742-5153