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- .TH ISPELL 1
- .SH NAME
- ispell \- Correct spelling for a file
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B ispell
- [ file ... ]
- .br
- .B ispell
- [
- .B \-l
- |
- .B \-D
- |
- .B \-E
- ]
- .br
- .B spell
- [ +local_file ] [ file ...]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- Ispell
- is a program that helps you to correct typos in a file, and to find
- the correct spelling of words. When presented with a word that is not
- in the dictionary, ispell attempts to find near misses that might
- include the word you meant.
- .PP
- The best way to use ispell is with GNU EMACS. For documentation about
- this mode, see the info topic "ispell".
- .PP
- Ispell can also be used by itself, and in this case
- the most common usage is "ispell filename".
- If ispell finds a word that is not in the dictionary,
- it is printed at the top of the screen. Ispell then checks the
- dictionary for near misses \- words that differ only by a single
- letter, a missing or extra letter, or a pair of transposed letters.
- Any that are found are printed on the following lines,
- and finally, two lines of context
- containing the word are printed at the bottom of the screen. If your
- terminal can type in reverse video, the word itself is highlighted.
- .PP
- If you think the word is correct as it
- stands, you can type either "Space" to accept it this one time, "A" to
- accept it for the rest of this file, or "I" to accept it and put it in
- your private dictionary. If one of the near misses is the word you
- want, type the corresponding number. Finally,
- you can type "R" and you will be prompted for a
- replacement word. The string you type will be broken into words, and
- each one will also be checked. You can also type "?" for help.
- .PP
- If ispell is started with no arguments, it enters a loop reading words
- from the standard input, and printing messages about them on the
- standard output. You can use this mode to find the spelling of a
- problem word. For example:
- .PP
- You can print out the system dictionary. Use -D if you want flags, or
- -E if you want the words expanded.
- .sp 1
- .RS
- .nf
- % ispell
- word: independant
- how about: independent
- word: ^D
- .RE
- .fi
- .PP
- The
- .B \-l
- or "list" option to ispell is used to produce a list
- of misspelled words from the standard input. This mode is
- compatible with the traditional spell program, except that the
- output is not sorted.
- .PP
- There are several other options provided so that other programs can
- use ispell. See the documentation in the ispell source directory for
- details.
- .PP
- If ispell is executed with the name `spell', it attempts to be compatible
- with the traditional spell program. You can also get this behavior
- with the
- .B \-u
- flag. In this case, the list of files (or standard input) is checked,
- and an alphabetized list of misspellings is produced on the standard
- output.
- .SH FILES
- .PD 0
- .TP 40
- /usr/lib/ispell.dict
- System dictionary
- .TP 40
- $HOME/ispell.words
- Private dictionary
- .br
- .PD
- .SH SEE ALSO
- ispell.texinfo
- .SH AUTHOR
- Pace Willisson (pace@mit-vax pace@eddie.mit.edu)
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