spell fix

Bill Vaughn bill at ur-cvsvax.UUCP
Wed Mar 12 05:48:08 AEST 1986


> Index:	usr.bin/spell/spell.sh 4.2BSD
> 
> Description:
> 	Words that are present in the spell "stop" file, i.e.
> 	visable, acter, will be included in the misspelled words.
> 
> Repeat-By:
> 	Use spell on a file that contains many of these words and rack
> 	your brains over why it complains.
> 

I think you got your files crossed.  The 'stoplist' contains exceptions
to the rules 'spell' uses to derive words from root words and a sizable list
of prefixes and suffixes.  Hence any words in common between your input
and the stoplist will be in spell's output.

'visable' and 'acter'  ARE misspelled after all, aren't they?

Aside:
I guess a case could be made for NOT including words from the stoplist
in the spell 'history' file.  It would require a second sort however.

Bill Vaughn
rochester!ur-cvsvax!bill
bill%ur-cvsvax at rochester.arpa



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