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diff --git a/man/man1/spell.html b/man/man1/spell.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9f412d2c --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/spell.html @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +<head> +<title>spell(1) - Plan 9 from User Space</title> +<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> +</head> +<body bgcolor=#ffffff> +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> +<tr height=10><td> +<tr><td width=20><td> +<tr><td width=20><td><b>SPELL(1)</b><td align=right><b>SPELL(1)</b> +<tr><td width=20><td colspan=2> + <br> +<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + spell, sprog – find spelling errors<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>spell</font></tt> [ <i>options</i> ] ... [ <i>file</i> ] ... + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + <tt><font size=+1>sprog</font></tt> [ <i>options</i> ] [ <tt><font size=+1>−f</font></tt> <i>file</i> ]<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <i>Spell</i> looks up words from the named <i>files</i> (standard input default) + in a spelling list and places possible misspellings--words not sanctioned + there--on the standard output. + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + <i>Spell</i> ignores constructs of <a href="../man1/troff.html"><i>troff</i>(1)</a> and its standard preprocessors. + It understands these options:<br> + <tt><font size=+1>−b</font></tt> Check British spelling.<br> + <tt><font size=+1>−v</font></tt> Print all words not literally in the spelling list, with derivations.<br> + <tt><font size=+1>−x</font></tt> Print, marked with <tt><font size=+1>=</font></tt>, every stem as it is looked up in the spelling + list, along with its affix classes. + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + As a matter of policy, <i>spell</i> does not admit multiple spellings + of the same word. Variants that follow general rules are preferred + over those that don’t, even when the unruly spelling is more common. + Thus, in American usage, ‘modelled’, ‘sizeable’, and ‘judgment’ + are rejected in favor of ‘modeled’, ‘sizable’, and + ‘judgement’. Agglutinated variants are shunned: ‘crewmember’ and + ‘backyard’ cede to ‘crew member’ and ‘back yard’ (noun) or ‘back-yard’ + (adjective).<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>FILES </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/lib/amspell<br> + </font></tt> + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + American spelling list<br> + + </table> + <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/lib/brspell<br> + </font></tt> + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + British spelling list<br> + + </table> + <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/bin/sprog<br> + </font></tt> + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + The actual spelling checker. It expects one word per line on standard + input, and takes the same arguments as <i>spell</i>.<br> + + </table> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/bin/spell</font></tt> the script<br> + <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/spell</font></tt> source for <i>sprog<br> + </i> +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <a href="../man1/deroff.html"><i>deroff</i>(1)</a><br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + The heuristics of <a href="../man1/deroff.html"><i>deroff</i>(1)</a> used to excise formatting information + are imperfect. + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + The spelling list’s coverage is uneven; in particular biology, + medicine, and chemistry, and perforce proper names, not to mention + languages other than English, are covered very lightly.<br> + +</table> + +<td width=20> +<tr height=20><td> +</table> +<!-- TRAILER --> +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> +<tr height=15><td width=10><td><td width=10> +<tr><td><td> +<center> +<a href="../../"><img src="../../dist/spaceglenda100.png" alt="Space Glenda" border=1></a> +</center> +</table> +<!-- TRAILER --> +</body></html> |