1 SPELL SPELL is a proofreader which makes use of a default 90,000 word dictionary and optionally a personal dictionary. SPELL asks for a file name that you wish to have checked. When a word is found that is not in any of the dictionaries, you will be asked if: o you believe the word is correct and should be inserted into the main dictionary. o the word is incorrect and you want to correct it in your file. o you wish SPELL to try guessing what the word is. o you wish to have the word inserted into a personal dictionary which will reside in your default directory. o you wish the program to ignore your spelling. Format: SPELL filename 2 Parameters If no qualifiers are present on the SPELL command, then the parameter is the name of a file to check. If the /CHECK qualifier is used, then the parameter should be the word you are trying to check. If any other qualifiers are used, SPELL ignores all parameters. The file specified will be rewritten with any changes that you have requested during the SPELL session. No extension needs to be specified if the file has one of the default extensions .RNO, .TEX, .MSS or .TXT. The appropriate syntax will be used for checking files with these extensions so that embedded commands do not register as incorrect spellings. For this reason, it is important that you should use the correct extension on any files which you are going to check. 2 Personal_Dictionary PERSDICT.DAT is the personal dictionary file you create through SPELL. It uses a tree-structure for its organization. As a result, the file cannot be edited or altered through normal means. List this file and delete erroneous words by using the SPELL/PERSONAL command. Editing the file will destroy its structure and you will have to delete it! 2 Qualifiers /CHECK The CHECK option allows you to check if a word is in one of the main dictionaries used by the spell program. You specify a command of the form: $ spell/check word to check if "word" is in the dictionary. /PERSONAL The PERSONAL option is used to maintain your personal dictionary. Since this is an indexed file, you should never try editing it using EDT or any other text editor. Instead, this SPELL option allows you to list and optionally delete any words from your personal directory. Within this mode, the List option operates circularly. After you have seen all the words in your personal dictionary, you will be taken back to the beginning and successive List commands will display the whole dictionary again. /LOGGING You can select this qualifier in addition to a file name if you want to produce a list of the changes made during a run, in a file with an .ERR extension. This qualifier is ignored if any other qualifiers are present. /UPDATE This mode is only available to system personnel, and is used to selectively add words indicated as correct by users to the main dictionary. It also contains an option which allows erroneous words to be deleted from the main dictionaries.