Re: Spelling Checker

Darren O. Benham (gecko@benham.net)
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:26:08 -0700


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That might be good, even desirable.. but I think Abiword would also benefit
with read compatibility with either ispell or aspell dictionaries.

On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 12:20:24PM -0700, Josiah Carlson wrote:
> I have noticed in the most recent built that is downloadable from the
> abiworld web page, that there is a spelling checker, but not a suggestor.
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> For a CS class that I took this past spring, I wrote a spelling
> checker/suggestor that I believe could be put to good use. Namely in the
> fact that it is fast and that it has good suggestions that other programs=
do
> not come up with (*point and laugh at Microsoft Word*), even with a small=
er
> dictionary of words.
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> If someone could possibly acquire a plaintext version of a word dictionary
> that is as large as others (MS word has a 64k word dictionary), I would be
> willing to donate my source (I need to modify it a tad, for it was
> originally written to use a poorly constructed word class (damn integrati=
on
> classes).
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> I would also be willing to include custom external header files so that t=
he
> integration between the sources could start as soon as I get them made up,
> rather than having to wait until I finish with the source.
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> If you are interested, please respond as soon as you get the chance.
> Thanks.
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> Josiah Carlson
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