Hello Frank:
     On Tue Jan 09, 1996 at 17:30, you wrote to Tim Wong saying:
I hope this temporary transgression isn't off-topic.  {btg}
 TW>> Gee, why does ShareSpell seem to be the norm?  I prefer JSpell.
 FS> Actually I think the built-in spellchecker is the norm.
I sit corrected - unfortunately never had the pleasure to see the
built-in in action.  What is it like?
 FS> Why do you use JSpell?
It's been so long that I don't remember any more.  I did try ShareSpell
once and I've heard that it has a better "guesser engine".
I don't know if SS has the following features:
  - allows for a file specific dictionary and multiple user dictionaries
    in addition to the main dictionary.  For instance, my temporary work
    file is called "GoldED.msg" - JSpell checks the main, user (added
    words), and the "golded.dic" files for the correct spelling.
    Now it won't stop at every "quoted prefix"; and at the special words
    and acronyms that are only used when I EMail.
  - the main dictionary may be edited if desired.  This is good for
    those of us (Canadians) who choose to use variants from our British
    forebears.  In my particular case, I allow both forms to pass as
    correct.
  - How JSpell handles the capitalization is best explained through an
    example:
      ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
      ³ word in dictionary ³ JSpell recognizes   ³ JSpell spots   ³
      ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´
      ³   apple            ³ apple, Apple, APPLE ³ APple          ³
      ³   Berlin           ³ Berlin, BERLIN      ³ berlin, BerLin ³
      ³   IBM              ³ IBM                 ³ ibm, Ibm, iBm  ³
      ³   TeX              ³ TeX                 ³ tex, Tex, TEX  ³
      ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
    ttfn:  Tim  [InterNet mail to teewong@intergate.bc.ca]
... Good writing mirrors the authors' respect for their audiences.
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