From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dial0-240.dialin.uic.edu ([128.248.172.57] helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16Ws9W-0007Sx-00 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2002 23:51:58 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g124pTT00952 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 22:51:29 -0600 Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 22:50:54 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: spell checking mail, was: Re: apology to the list Message-ID: <20020201225054.D478@uic.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from hallenbeck@valstar.net on Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:44:59PM -0500 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I've tried using emacs' spellcheck, but found it confusing, so I just gave up. If your script is simpler Chuck, then could you please send me a copy? Thanks. Greg On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:44:59PM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > I see my last message came around twice; sorry for that. Somehow > I ended up replying to the list with a CC to the list. > > While we are bitching about things, my own pet peeve is email > messages full of typos and spellos. You folks with eyes usually > compensate automatically for such nonsense, but those of us who > rely on speech synthesizers are cursed (blessed?) with a device > that tells us exactly what it sees. I have recently implemented a > short script which is invoked as an alternate editor by pine > instead of its regular composer. That script first calls a real > editor ("nano" in my case) and then it calls "ispell" against the > same file. I automatically have to spell check my compositions > before pine will let me send them. If anybody wants more details > (hint hint, KW!) I will be glad to supply them. > > This list is getting to be a pain in the ass to read lately, but > I presume the mood will change when the phase of the moon changes > or something. > > Chuck > > > *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* > Visit me now at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (79% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup