Re: Spell Patch

Jeff Hostetler (jeff@abisource.com)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:31:58 -0500


i found the Win32 problem and reapplied the patch.
so it should now work on both platforms.

for the curious: malloc(a*b) --> calloc(a,b)
on a key data structure.... sigh.

jeff

At 03:30 PM 4/12/99 -0500, Eric W. Sink wrote:
>Thanks for the patch. Unfortunately...
>
>This patch seems to work fine on Linux, but on WinNT it causes
>spell checking to completely break.
>
>We'll have to figure out why before we can apply it into the
>tree. Once we do so, we'll check it in. I'm guessing it has
>something to do with the masks...
>
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>> Ok... putting code where my mouth is.
>>
>> This patch, when applied to the spell directory will allow my Linux system
>> to read native Debian american.hash (64 bit masks) and the american.hash
>> from abi...
>>
>> I really hacked makedent.c... removing a number of functions that Abi
>> wasn't using. If they're needed, I can put them back... They seem to be
>> used in the creation of hash files.
>>
>> This is kinda what I was thinking when I asked about what we can do for
>> "dynamic hash figuring-it-out-ness".... These will work on the three
>> hashes I have access to... I don't know about any others...
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