
SPELL.TTP is a rudimentary spell checker intended for use with the Edith
Professional text editing system.

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SYNOPSIS

   SPELL <dict-file> <in-file> <out-file>


DESCRIPTION

   SPELL outputs any words in <in-file> which are not in <dict-file>  to
   file <out-file>. Comparison is not case-sensitive.
   
   The underlying  idea  is that  <dict-file>  contains the  lower  case
   versions of (nearly)  all correct  words of, e.g.,  English, and  the
   contents of <out-file> after running SPELL will be limited to some 25
   words. This  method  is  well  accepted in  the  UNIX  world  and  is
   generally better to work with than interactive spell checkers.


DICTIONARY

   The English `dictionary' included as A:\EDITH\SYSTEM\DICT\ENGLISH  is
   by no means intended for serious use. It was constructed by  SPELLing
   three short ASCII texts and adding the resulting lists of words to  a
   file, converting  them  to lower  case,  sorting them,  and  removing
   duplicate line.  All  of this  can  be done  automatically  with  the
   standard distribution  of  Edith Professional.  Larger  dictionaries,
   both in the public domain or  sold on a commercial basis, should  not
   be hard to find.

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(C) 1994 ZFC Computing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

avg, 12th September 1994

