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Each of the spelling options are accessible though the spelling menu. If the dictionary module cannot be accessed at this point, an error message will be displayed.
The following options are available:
The word under the cursor will be checked (note that if the cursor is in the middle of a word, the entire word will be checked). If the word is not found a mini-menu will be displayed--this is full described later.
The entire buffer, from the cursor position, will be spellchecked. Whenever a unknown word is found you will be presented with a mini-menu. The following options apply:
- L
- Lookup the word. If a possible corrected spelling is found, you will be shown the replacement and asked if you wish to replace it. If you answer [Y] the replacement will be done. Any other key will display the next possible replacement word. When all the replacements have been querried you will return to the mini-menu.
- A
- Add this word to the in-memory list of correct words. If this word is encountered in the future it will not be ``incorrect.'' Words added to the list with the [A] option can be saved later from the spelling menu with the ``Write Wordlist'' option.
- I
- Ignore the word. The spelling check continues. The word is not flagged as correct and if encountered later it will again be displayed as incorrect.
- O
- This word is okay. The word is added to the in-memory list of correct words, but it will not be written to the wordlist if it is saved. This is useful for words you wish to use in a particular file, but will not wish to add to a personal dictionary.
- R
- Retype the word. You will be prompted for the new word--type it in exactly as you wish it to appear. Automatic case preservation is not active with this option (case is preserved with [A] and [O] unless the casematch option has been enabled). This new word will be checked for spelling too--if it is not found, you will be asked to confirm the replacement.
- Q
- Quit checking ... this will return you to edit mode with the cursor at the position it was when you pressed [Q].
This will continue until the entire buffer has been checked.
If a block is defined, this option will check all the words in the block. Its operation is identical checking the entire buffer, as described above.
Write the words marked with the [A] option (above) to a file. This option can be used to append words to an existing dictionary or to save the to a temporary file which can be edited at a later date.
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2004-05-02