From b41b9034225ab3e49980d9de55c141011b6383b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Taru Karttunen Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:49:47 +0300 Subject: Import sources from 2011-03-30 iso image - sys/man --- sys/man/1/spell | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+) create mode 100755 sys/man/1/spell (limited to 'sys/man/1/spell') diff --git a/sys/man/1/spell b/sys/man/1/spell new file mode 100755 index 000000000..62f621a8b --- /dev/null +++ b/sys/man/1/spell @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +.TH SPELL 1 +.SH NAME +spell, sprog \- find spelling errors +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B spell +[ +.I options +] +\&... +[ +.I file +] +\&... +.PP +.B aux/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 on standard error, 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 \fL/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. +.PP +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. -- cgit v1.2.3