Spell checking e-mail

Spell checking e-mail

[Georgina]

Hi

I Wondered If Someone Could Suggest An Editor That Will Allow Me To Spell
Check E-mail?  I've Got Nmh Set Up To Deal With E-mail And I Can Specify
Whatever Editor I Wish.  I've Been Using Nano, But The Spell Check Doesn't
Seem To Work.  I've Also Installed Ispell But Can't Find The Way For It To
Spell Check The Current Open Document Within Emacs.

As I Need To Create Documents And Be Able To Spell Check Them, I'm Prepared
To Invest Some Time In Learning An Editor, To Use Under Linux.  Any
Suggestions?

Gena

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Re: Spell checking e-mail

[A. R. Vener]

Use vi.

Method:
:w
:!spell % > /tmp/spell.out
:e /tmp/spell.out
:e /tmp/spell.out

Explanation:
:w writes your most recent changes to the file.
:! spell % > /tmp/spell.out  assumes you have set up a private script
to make ispell work like spell which is what I always do and run it
on the current vi buffer, storing the resulting mis-spelled words in 
the file /tmp/spell.out
:e /tmp/spell.out  lets you move your vi editing session to the word list 

No just use the :e #  command to switch back and forth between the word list
and your file to locate and correct any words you want. I always sort and
uniq the word list as part of my spell script.


Come to think of it, this would probably work in emacs too....

rudy

> 
> I Wondered If Someone Could Suggest An Editor That Will Allow Me To Spell
> Check E-mail?  I've Got Nmh Set Up To Deal With E-mail And I Can Specify
> Whatever Editor I Wish.  I've Been Using Nano, But The Spell Check Doesn't