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AddList v1.0
Dictionary Builder
(C) Copyright 1989, Acropolis Software
Acropolis Software
4620 Hazel Ave.
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
THE LEGAL STUFF
AddList is provided on an "as is" basis without warranty of
any kind expressed or implied. In no event will Acropolis
Software be liable to you for any damages, including any lost
profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential
damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the
program, even if Acropolis Software has been advised of the
possibility of such damages, or for any claim by any other party.
AddList is copyrighted by Acropolis Software. You are
encouraged to give copies to your friends and upload it to
bulletin boards, however sale of the program for profit by
anyone except Acropolis Software is strictly prohibited. With
the exception of a small fee for duplication. That fee does not
register you as a user of AddList.
WHAT IS ADDLIST?
AddList is a utility to aid in the use of ShareSpell. It will
allow you to add a list of words to the ShareSpell dictionary
as a group. Why would you want to do that? Good question.
If you are using ShareSpell in your work and it involves a
considerable number of "buzzwords" or jargon particular to
your field then you can add those words to the dictionary at
one time and not have to worry about adding them one at a time
as you run across them. But where would I get the list of words
to add? Another good question. There are a number of word lists
available either as shareware or in the public domain for several
different fields that are meant for inclusion in spelling
checker dictionaries.
HOW DO I ADD MY WORD LIST?
Easy, if you have ShareSpell properly installed just type:
ADDLIST filename
The words in the "filename" will be added to the dictionary.
If you have more than one list of words you wish to add you can
give multiple file names to AddList:
ADDLIST filename1 filename2 filename3 filename4....
If you do not have ShareSpell installed, place the ShareSpell
dictionary (SS.DIC) on the same disk that you have the word list
you wish to add and the AddList program. Then just follow the
commands as outlined above. If you are using floppies you can
place the word list on a separate disk and give the full path
name to AddList (i.e. ADDLIST B:MYWORDS.TXT). Either way
AddList must be able to find the dictionary in the current
directory or in one of the directories included in the PATH.
WHAT IS THE FORMAT FOR THE WORD LIST?
That's easy: There isn't one. Any place text will do, AddList
will strip the words from the file and place any unknown words
in the dictionary. You could even give this file to AddList
and it would take it. I do however recommend that you use
a format of one word per line placed at the beginning of each
line.
WARNINGS
Three warnings about using AddList:
1) Do not use AddList on your original copy of the ShareSpell
dictionary. Always work with a copy of the original. This
is not a requirement, it is just good computing practice.
2) Make sure that the list of words you add are spelled correctly.
Otherwise they will go into the dictionary and stay there since
you cannot delete words from the dictionary.
3) If you are adding a large number of words (10,000 or more)
be prepared for the operation to take an hour. The speed
is fairly constant, 5,000 word should take about a half
an hour, a few hundred words should take only a few
minutes. (Times based on an 8Mhz 80286.)