GNU Aspell 0.60.7

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GNU Aspell 0.60.7

This is the user’s manual for Aspell

GNU Aspell is a spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell. It can either be used as a library or as an independent spell checker.

• Introduction:  
• Support:  
• Basic Usage:  
• Customizing Aspell:  
• Working With Dictionaries:  
• Writing programs to use Aspell:  
• Adding Support For Other Languages:  
• Implementation Notes:  
• Languages Which Aspell can Support:  
• Language Related Issues:  
• To Do:  
• Installing:  
• ChangeLog:  
• Authors:  
• Copying:   
 — The Detailed Node Listing —

Basic Usage


• Spellchecking Individual Files:  



• Using Aspell as a Replacement for Ispell:  



• Using Aspell with other Applications:  



Customizing Aspell


• Specifying Options:  



• The Options:  



• Dumping Configuration Values:  



• Notes on Various Options:  



Notes on Various Options


• Notes on Various Filters and Filter Modes:  



• Notes on the Prefix Option:  



• Notes on Typo-Analysis:  



• Notes on the Different Suggestion Modes:  



Working With Dictionaries


• Using aspell-import:  



• How Aspell Selects an Appropriate Dictionary:  



• Listing Available Dictionaries:  



• Dumping the Contents of the Word List:  



• Creating an Individual Word List:  



• Working With Affix Info in Word Lists:  



• Format of the Personal and Replacement Dictionaries:  



• Using Multi Dictionaries:  



• Dictionary Naming:  



• AWLI files:  



Writing programs to use Aspell


• Through the C API:  



• Through A Pipe:  



• Notes on Storing Replacement Pairs:  



Adding Support For Other Languages


• The Language Data File:  



• Compiling the Word List:  



• Phonetic Code:  



• The Simple Soundslike:  



• Replacement Tables:  



• Affix Compression:  



• Controlling the Behavior of Run-together Words:  



• Creating A New Character Set:  



• Creating An Official Dictionary Package:  



Implementation Notes


• Aspell Suggestion Strategy:  



• Notes on 8-bit Characters:  



Languages Which Aspell can Support


• Supported:  



• Unsupported:  



• Multiple Scripts:  



• Planned Dictionaries:  



• References:  



Language Related Issues


• Compound Words:  



• Words With Symbols in Them:  



• Unicode Normalization:  



• German Sharp S:  



• Context Sensitive Spelling:  



To Do


• Important Items:  



• Other Items:  



• Notes on Various Items:  



Notes on Various Items


• Word skipping by context:  



• Hidden Markov Model:  



• Email the Personal Dictionary:  



Installing


• Generic Install Instructions:  



• HTML Manuals and "make clean":  



• Curses Notes:  



• Loadable Filter Notes:  



• Upgrading from Aspell 0.50:  



• Upgrading from Aspell .33/Pspell .12:  



• Upgrading from a Pre-0.50 snapshot:  



• WIN32 Notes:  



Copying


• GNU Free Documentation License:  



• GNU Lesser General Public License:  











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