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    From General Mdk@VERT/PGG to All on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 15:46:00
    Does anyone know how to get the spell checker working in PICO.
    In Gentoo they have the emerge package blocked for PICO. I am running Synchronet under Getnoo Linux. I am using the external editor PICO. It
    says hit CTRL-T for spelling but it says Spell-checking /usr/bin/spell
    missing. I have aspell but don't know how to get it to work with PICO.
    What would be a better external editor. Could you use Nano?
    But the spell checking doesn't work in nano either. Thanks. What is the
    best for enetering messages into Sync? I am having problems with my
    DOSEMU though. Haven't had a lot of time to get it working.




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  • From Delbert@VERT/DELBERTS to General Mdk on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 01:18:00
    Re: Spelling Checker
    By: General Mdk to All on Tue Oct 16 2007 15:46:00

    Does anyone know how to get the spell checker working in PICO.
    In Gentoo they have the emerge package blocked for PICO. I am running Synchronet under Getnoo Linux. I am using the external editor PICO. It says hit CTRL-T for spelling but it says Spell-checking /usr/bin/spell missing. I have aspell but don't know how to get it to work with PICO.
    What would be a better external editor. Could you use Nano?
    But the spell checking doesn't work in nano either. Thanks. What is the best for enetering messages into Sync? I am having problems with my
    DOSEMU though. Haven't had a lot of time to get it working.

    HAve you tried either installing spell, or making a link to aspell
    called spell?
    ln -s /usr/bin/aspell /usr/bin/spell
    You can also change what the command line is for spell checking in the
    pico or nano config.

    -j-



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  • From General Mdk@VERT/PGG to Delbert on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:37:00
    Re: Spelling Checker
    By: Delbert to General Mdk on Wed Oct 17 2007 01:18 am

    HAve you tried either installing spell, or making a link to aspell
    called spell?
    ln -s /usr/bin/aspell /usr/bin/spell
    You can also change what the command line is for spell checking in the
    pico or nano config.
    I tried that now it runs spell checking but doesn't seem to work.
    Just comes back done checking spelling but doesn't do anything. Umm.



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