


                            Aspell .29.1 alpha                             
                         A More Intelligent Ispell                         
                                                                           
                              Kevin Atkinson                               

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  * Contents
  * 1. Introduction
       
      + 1.1 Comparison to other spell checker engines
           
          o 1.1.1 Comparison to Ispell
               
              # 1.1.1.1 Features that only Aspell has
              # 1.1.1.2 Things that only Aspell will have real soon
              # 1.1.1.3 Things that, currently, only Ispell have
           
   
  * 2. Getting Started
       
      + 2.1 Requirements
      + 2.2 Obtaining
      + 2.3 Support
      + 2.4 Helping Out
      + 2.5 Compiling & Installing
           
          o 2.5.1 Generic Install Instructions
          o 2.5.2 Upgrading from version .29
          o 2.5.3 Upgrading from version .28.3
          o 2.5.4 Upgrading from version .28.2.1
          o 2.5.5 Upgrading from version .27.2
          o 2.5.6 Upgrading from version .25
          o 2.5.7 Upgrading from version .24
          o 2.5.8 Compiling with Egcs and Gcc 2.8
          o 2.5.9 Compiling with Solaris
       
      + 2.6 Using as a replacement for Ispell
           
          o 2.6.1 Notes on the Learning from Users Mistakes feature
          o 2.6.2 Emacs and Xemacs Notes
          o 2.6.3 LyX Notes
          o 2.6.4 VIM Notes
          o 2.6.5 Pine Notes
       
  * 3. The Aspell utility
       
      + 3.1 As a ``ispell -a'' replacement
           
          o 3.1.1 Format of the Data Stream
               
              # 3.1.1.1 Notes of Storing Replacement Pairs
           
      + 3.2 As an independent spell checker
      + 3.3 As an utility to manage word lists
      + 3.4 Notes on various filters and filter mode
           
          o 3.4.1 None Mode
          o 3.4.2 Url Filter/Mode
          o 3.4.3 Email Filter/Mode
          o 3.4.4 SGML Filter/Mode
          o 3.4.5 TEX Filter/Mode
       
      + 3.5 Notes on the different suggestion modes
   
  * 4. Library Interface
       
      + 4.1 The C++ Library
      + 4.2 The C Library Interface
      + 4.3 Notes About Thread Safety
   
  * 5. International Support
       
      + 5.1 The Language Data File
      + 5.2 Compiling the Word List
      + 5.3 Phonetic Code
           
          o 5.3.1 Syntax of the transformation array
          o 5.3.2 How do I start finally?
               
              # 5.3.2.1 Things that come in handy
              # 5.3.2.2 What the phonetic code should do
           
   
  * 6. How Aspell Works
  * A. Changelog
       
      + Changes from .29 to .29.1 (Feb 18, 2000)
      + Changes from .28.3 to .29 (Feb 6, 2000)
      + Changes from .28.2.1 to .28.3 (Nov 20, 1999)
      + Changes from .28.2 to .28.2.1 (Aug 25, 1999)
      + Changes from .28.1 to .28.2 (Aug 25, 1999)
      + Changes from .28 to .28.1 (July 27, 1999)
      + Changes from .27.2 to .28 (July 25, 1999)
      + Changes from .27.1 to .27.2 (Mar 1, 1999)
      + Changes from .27 to .27.1 (Feb 24, 1999)
      + Changes from .26.2 to .27 (Feb 22, 1999)
      + Changed from .26.1 to .26.2 (Jan 3, 1998)
      + Changed from .26 to .26.1 (Jan 3, 1998)
      + Changed from .25.1 to .26 (Jan 3, 1999)
      + Changes from .25 to .25.1 (Dec 10, 1998)
      + Changes from .24 to .25 (Nov 23, 1998)
      + Changes from .23 to .24 (Nov 8, 1998)
      + Changes from .22.1 to .23 (Oct 31, 1998)
      + Changes from .22 to .22.1 (Oct 27, 1998)
      + Changes from .21 to .22 (Oct 26, 1998)
      + Changes from .20 to .21 (Oct 13, 1998)
      + Changes from .11 to .20 (Oct 10, 1998)
      + Changes from .10 to .11 (Sep 12, 1998)
   
  * B. To Do
       
      + B.1 Things that will be done real soon
      + B.2 Things that need to be done
      + B.3 Things that I would like to get done
      + B.4 Things that will be done eventually
      + B.5 Good ideas that are worth implementing
      + B.6 Things that are not likely to get implemented
      + B.7 Notes and Status of various items
           
          o B.7.1 Affix Compression
          o B.7.2 Extremely Large Dictionaries
          o B.7.3 General region skipping
          o B.7.4 Word skipping by context
          o B.7.5 Hidden Markov Model
       
  * C. Support for Gcc 2.7.2
  * D. Credits
  * E. Glossary and References
  * F. Copyright
       
      + F.1 LGPL
      + F.2 Ispell Copyright
   
  * About this document ...


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