TH SPELL 1
SH NAME
spell, sprog \- find spelling errors
SH SYNOPSIS
B spell
[
I options
]
\&...
[
I file
]
\&...
PP
B sprog
[
I options
]
[
B -f
I file
]
SH DESCRIPTION
I Spell
looks up words from the named
I files
(standard input default)
in a spelling list and places
possible misspellings\(emwords
not sanctioned there\(emon the standard output.
PP
I Spell
ignores constructs of
IR troff (1)
and its standard preprocessors.
It understands these options:
TP
B -b
Check British spelling.
TP
B -v
Print all words not literally in the spelling list, with
derivations.
TP
B -x
Print, marked with
LR = ,
every stem as it is looked up in the spelling list,
along with its affix classes.
PP
As a matter of policy,
I spell
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).
SH FILES
TF /sys/lib/brspell
TP
B /sys/lib/amspell
American spelling list
TP
B /sys/lib/brspell
British spelling list
TP
B /bin/aux/sprog
The actual spelling checker.
It expects one word per line on standard input,
and takes the same arguments as
IR spell .
SH SOURCE
TF /sys/src/cmd/spell
TP
B /rc/bin/spell
the script
TP
B /sys/src/cmd/spell
source for
I sprog
SH SEE ALSO
IR deroff (1)
SH BUGS
The heuristics of
IR deroff (1)
used to excise formatting information are imperfect.
br
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.
