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This is the distribution for AmigaISpell version 2.0.01
Binary distribution:
To install the binary distribution of this program you will
need to...
a) unshar the distribution file. ( You have probably already done
so if you are reading this.)
b) uudecode *.uu
c) uncompress *.Z
d) mv ispell.hash sys:s
e) mv ispell "bin directory of your choice"
f) make sure that sys:t exists.
g) read notes below.
Source distribution:
a) unshar the distribution file.
b) edit the makefile and select
1) bin directory
2) dictionary directory
3) dictionary of choice. You must set DDICT,
BIG_DICT and HSIZE appropriately. see makefile
c) make install
d) read notes below.
Notes:
This distribution comes in several flavors. The big dictionary
distribution requires an amiga w/ LOTS of ram. To compile the dict.2
version you will need 1.4 megs of ram. To run this version you need
750k. This dictionary supports Capitalization mode.
The small dictionary distribution also requires lots of ram.
700k to compile and 450k to run. dict.191 does not support Capitalization.
If you still own a 512k machine do not despair. AmigaISpell v1.0
requires a lot less ram to compile and run.
I have tried to keep the UNIX code intact. This version of ISpell
should run fine under UNIX. To compile on a UNIX machine
copy Makefile.unix makefile
follow normal UNIX installation procedures.
The dictionary management stuff does run on the amiga. If you take
a closer look you will note that its all bourne, sed and awk scripts.
Maybe some other day....
One enhancement I have made to speller is the addition of regex searching
for words. The original code passed the regular expression
to egrep. Egrep was expected to search for words in /usr/dict/words. I
uploaded a version of regex.c from j.cc.purdue.edu and added code
to do the searching in the ram resident hash table. I have not tested
this code under UNIX but expect it to work fine (famous last words).
BUGS:
This program does not take to running out of ram gracefully.
Pleas direct comments and bug reports to
luis@rice.edu
Rice University
Dept. of Comp. Sci.
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, Texas
77005