Date   : Wed, 08 Apr 1992 06:23:29 GMT
From   : cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!uicvm.uic.edu!u58288@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: The Word: Specials.cmp ?

In article <1992Apr7.153227.3724@cc.gatech.edu>, harold@cc.gatech.edu (Harold
C.
Forbes) says:
>
>I STILL use my kaypro to run the Word (a spelling checker).
>I normally use it just for letters, but lately I've been
>writing some technical stuff.  I added a bunch of words to
>the specials.cmp file, but TW still displays them as not
>being correctly spelled.
>
SPECIALS.CMP must be in alphabetical order.  THEWORD
includes the DICTSORT program to alphabetize lists.
Enter: DICTSORT SPECIALS.CMP to prep the list.  Your
original file is retained as SPECIALS.BAK.

>PS.  If you know of a MSDOS or UNIX spelling checker that
>works like the word on cpm, I'd like to know about it.
>
THEWORD was available for MSDOS 1.0.  It runs in later releases
od MSDOS, but it does not recognize subdirectories.  I don't
know if a version of THEWORD was ever produced that supported
subdirectories.

Alan R. Hinds U32472.uicvm.uic.edu