Acbosgd.2011 net.unix-wizards utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!harpo!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Mon Feb 1 19:59:05 1982 Re: checking spelling while editing This is a nice editor script. You can improve it even more by adding \ around the word being searched for in the def of #1. (Instead of inserting / at the beginning, insert /\ at the end.) This will cause it to find only true words and not pieces of bigger words. There is also a shell script called Spell which is an interactive front end for spell. I find Spell useful when working on a big document because it can handle multiple files and a local exception list. Note of course that setting EXINIT as recommended will wipe out any existing EXINIT, or if you use an exrc file, cause that file to be ignored. If you have one you should appropriately fix them instead. Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.