sanity check on ispell

Charles Curley charlescurley at charlescurley.com
Tue Nov 22 01:00:14 UTC 2005


On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 04:43:34PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 03:24:30PM -0600, akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> > I am curious. When I run ispell it thinks that ther is a valid spelling
> > for a word presumably in English. Is it just me or is it a general
> > problem with ispell.
> 
> Try using aspell instead. I just checked, and aspell correctly catches
> "ther". It is a replacement for ispell, so it should fit into your app
> nicely.

Another thought: check to see if "ther" accidentally got into your
private dictionary somehow. I've had that happen to me.

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