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Re: [SM-Grimoire] Spell Checkers . . .

From: "Eric Sandall" <eric AT sandall.us>
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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 11:00:22 -0700 (PDT)

Jason Flatt said:
> I'm looking at the spell checking programs for a spell I'm creating, and I
> have a few questions:
>
> 1) aspell and pspell have CONFLICTS with each other, but the long
> description
> of aspell has this:
>
> Aspell is a spell checker designed to eventually replace ispell. Its
> main feature is that it does a much better job of coming up with
> possible suggestions than ispell does. It also has support for checking
> (La)TeX and HTML files, and run-time support for other non-English
> languages. Aspell also is a library; however, the recommended way to use
> aspell is through the Pspell library, as the actual interface to the
> aspell library is constantly changing.
>
> which suggests that you need both installed in order to use either one.
> Did I
> misread the description? Have one of the two programs changed and the
> description not been updated? Or is there something else I'm missing?

The description in the spell is outdated. On the website it is said that
aspell is a replacement for pspell (it is based off of pspell).

> 2) Why isn't ispell included in the conflicting of spell checkers?

ispell can install fine with the other spell checkers

> 3) Should there be a PROVIDES for the three spells?

I've been thinking about this, but it wouldn't work as most programs
require a certain spell checker, not just a spell checker.

-One of Four
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aspell provides it's own pspell library now, guess the description
hasn't been updated.

On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 10:16:05AM -0700, Jason Flatt wrote:
> I'm looking at the spell checking programs for a spell I'm creating, and I
> have a few questions:
>
> 1) aspell and pspell have CONFLICTS with each other, but the long
> description
> of aspell has this:
>
> Aspell is a spell checker designed to eventually replace ispell. Its
> main feature is that it does a much better job of coming up with
> possible suggestions than ispell does. It also has support for checking
> (La)TeX and HTML files, and run-time support for other non-English
> languages. Aspell also is a library; however, the recommended way to use
> aspell is through the Pspell library, as the actual interface to the
> aspell library is constantly changing.
>
> which suggests that you need both installed in order to use either one.
> Did I
> misread the description? Have one of the two programs changed and the
> description not been updated? Or is there something else I'm missing?
>
> 2) Why isn't ispell included in the conflicting of spell checkers?
>
> 3) Should there be a PROVIDES for the three spells?
>
>
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On Friday 18 April 2003 13:16, Jason Flatt wrote:
> I'm looking at the spell checking programs for a spell I'm creating, and I
> have a few questions:
>
> 1) aspell and pspell have CONFLICTS with each other, but the long
> description of aspell has this:

Can you check spells with a spell checker? :)

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The other spells that provide it might make symlinks if they are
compatable enough... then they could all PROVIDE. Don't know how similar
they are though.

On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 14:00, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Jason Flatt said:
> > I'm looking at the spell checking programs for a spell I'm creating, and I
> > have a few questions:
<snip discussion about aspell and pspell>
> > 3) Should there be a PROVIDES for the three spells?
>
> I've been thinking about this, but it wouldn't work as most programs
> require a certain spell checker, not just a spell checker.
>
> -One of Four
> a.k.a. sandalle

[SM-Grimoire] Spell Checkers . . ., Jason Flatt, 04/18/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] Spell Checkers . . ., Eric Sandall, 04/18/2003