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International Ispell version 3.1 - Amiga Patch
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Introduction
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This is a Amiga patch of the International Ispell version 3.1.
There is a few differences between this patch and the Ispell 3.3ljr package:
* 3.3ljr is (AFAIK) based on Ispell version 2, thus not reflecting the
evolution of international Ispell since 1990.
* This patch makes only a few changes to the original UN*X code and should
therefore be compatible with Ispell releases to come (i.e. there is no
"porting" needed - It will be possible to simply get the newest release and
compile!).
* This patch compiles with GCC and needs ixemul.library - there is a much
bigger overhead compared with 3.3ljr!
* The EXTENDEDFILECHECK Arexx command has been removed.
You should read the "README" file - this file only covers a few Amiga specific
areas.
Archives
~~~~~~~~
This Ispell patch will be integrated into the official Ispell source tree
from version 3.1.20 or so. Until then I personally release the source and
binaries in two archives:
ispell3.1.18src.lha - Original ispell-3.1.18 source archive with patch
applied. Contains all needed sources for rebuilding
ispell binaries and dictionaries.
ispell3.1.18bin.lha - Contains binaries compiled for Amiga, docs and an
English dictionary.
Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dictionaries are to be put in "ispell:lib/" and to ease upgrading you should
put the binaries in "ispell:bin". Add the "ispell:bin" to your path.
Private dictionaries will by default be created in "ispell:lib/", named after
the language e.g. '.ispell_english'. You may specify an absolute path/name for
the dictionary with the -p option.
Usage & Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Consult the man pages for general Ispell usage.
You should know that I have removed the '-vv' option - if you need compile
info check out the source archive.
The ARexx interface is more or less the same as the one found in 3.3ljr
ispell. Consult the file "doc/AmigaArexx.doc" for a description of the Arexx
interface.
Since the operation of Ispell has changed from the days of 3.3ljr Ispell the
old Ispell interfaces are not up-to-date. They may need a little patching
themselves to be usable with Ispell 3.1.18. I included them to give you an
idea of how to make an interface Ispell.
If you use FrexxEd there should be an "FrexxEd - Ispell" interface available
from next FrexxEd release.
For Amiga users without knowledge of man/groff and the like, I have included
the man pages in "readable" form in Amiga/doc. If your reader can not
understand the style codes, you can remove them with the type command:
"type file > file.raw"
GCC compilation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First remove the suffix ".Amiga" from the Amiga specific versions of local.h
and the Makefile.
Then simply "make programs". After removing the CheckIO() inline description
in the inline/exec.h file, I was able to compile all the programs in the
Ispell package without errors or warnings. The dictionaries are another story
though; I had to "compile" them by hand without the use of make (run through
the Makefile yourself).
All changes made in the original UN*X code are marked by a "#if(n)def AMIGA"
condition.
Dictionary Generation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Get the source archive and find out how by reading the languages/README file.
If you want to generate any of the dictionaries in the source archive you
should do it by hand as the Makefile does not work on Amigas (doesn't on
mine anyway).
As this may seem a bit tedious for the average user I ask anyone who
successfully generate a dictionary file for a language to upload it to AmiNet
and possibly notify Fred Fish!
History
~~~~~~~
29.06.95 (patch level 1)
* All the server commands seem to be fully functional, but they have not been
tested extensively :(
* There seems to be a memory loss of 440 bytes at each invokation - I think
it is a problem with ixemul or ispell as it occurs even if the ARexx server
is not started. I have not checked into it!
03.07.95 (patch level 2)
* Added server command "ACCEPT".
* The -p and -d options now use "correct" Amiga file name conventions.
Legal blurb
~~~~~~~~~~~
International Ispell Version 3.1.18 01/14/95
Copyright (c), 1983, by Pace Willisson
International version Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,
by Geoff Kuenning, Granada Hills, CA. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
with the distribution.
3. All modifications to the source code must be clearly marked as
such. Binary redistributions based on modified source code
must be clearly marked as modified versions in the documentation
and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
4. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
software must display the following acknowledgment:
This product includes software developed by Geoff Kuenning and
other unpaid contributors.
5. The name of Geoff Kuenning may not be used to endorse or promote
products derived from this software without specific prior
written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY GEOFF KUENNING AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS
IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL GEOFF
KUENNING OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
~
Amiga Patch 2 (03.07.95) by Jesper Skov.
This patch is based on the ARexx interface found in
ISpell Version 3.3LJR, copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992 Loren J. Rittle.
The documentation files are also from the ljr archive.
The ARexx interface is based on the MinRexx package by Tom Rokicki of Radical
Eye Software.
Also included in this archive is the interfaces supplied by various people.
Excerpt from the LJR readme:
Thanks to Mike Meyer for the mg interface to ISpell.
Thanks to Willy G. J. Langeveld for enhanced TurboText interface to ISpell.
Thanks to Christopher A. Wichura for the TurboText interface to GUISpell.
Thanks to Steve Koren for the GNU EMACS interface to ISpell.
/ Jesper Skov
Sallingsundvej 47 st th
DK-9220 Aalbog Ø
Denmark
Email: jskov@iesd.auc.dk