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     The SPELL command reviews the spelling of words within a text
 file. Because of the complexities and subtleties of English usage, the
 command will not necessarily flag all misspelled words.  In some
 instances it may even flag correctly spelled words as incorrect. While
 such errors will not usually occur, proper nouns, highly technical
 words, and abbreviations will probably be flagged erroneously unless
 provided for in the word file.

 Format:

       SPELL  text-file  [word-file]

 where word-file is an optional parameter.
2 Parameters
text-file
      "text-file" refers to the actual file name of the file containing
 the  words to be checked.  The default file type is RNO; that is, in the
 absence of specifications to the contrary, the program expects a file
 type of RNO appended to the first part of the file name.  However, any
 correct file name (for example, MYFILE.WOW) can be used as long as file
 types other than RNO are completely specified.

word-file
     "word-file" refers to a file of words that would probably not
 appear in a dictionary, such as proper nouns, places, technical words,
 abbreviations, nonstandard spellings, etc.  If this parameter is not
 specified then the program will assume a default file which contains
 words that would be classified in these categories. 

3 CREATING_WORDFILE
     Creating a word file is relatively simple.  First build a
 dictionary file containing all of the words you wish to use.  This
 file must adhere to the following rules: 

	no special characters except the apostrophe (')
	one word per line
	no blank lines
	no spaces

 The word file is created with the following command:

 $ WORDS dictionaryfile[,dictionaryfile...] wordfile

 When  multiple dictionary files are used (by separating the name of
 each one with a comma) they will be be merged properly. However, only
 one word file may be specified.  For dictionary files, the default
 file extension is DIC;  for word files, it is WRD.  Generally, one
 would wish to include the words in the default word file in one's own
 word file.  To do this, the dictionary file ENGL:DEFAULT is used. 
2 Qualifiers
/CHARACTERS
/NOCHARACTERS (D)

     The /CHARACTERS qualifier allows the user to skip the processing
 of lines that begin with any one of a set of specified characters.
 For example, the command: 

     SPELL/CHARACTERS=; MYFILE

 would cause the file MYFILE.TXT to be examined, using the default word
 file, and ignoring all lines beginning with a semicolon. 

    The default is /NOCHARACTERS.

/CORRECT
/NOCORRECT (D)
     This qualifier gives the user a chance to correct words which are
 flagged by the spell program as incorrect.  The corrections are made
 by the user through the EDT editor, unless another editor is specified
 by the /EDIT qualifier.  This option causes the other spell options to
 be set to their default values except the rigor option.  The correction
 option can be invoked only on a VT100 or VT52 terminal. 

     The default is /NOCORRECT, which cause SPELL to print out a list of
 incorrectly spelled words.

/ECHO
/NOECHO (D)
     This qualifier instructs the program to echo all of the lines in
 the text file to the listing. 

    The default is /NOECHO which disables the echoing function.

/EDIT[=editor-name]
     This qualifier enables the user to choose the editor that SPELL uses
 to make corrections.  It is ignored unless the /CORRECT qualifier is also
 specified.  Valid "editor-names" are EDT and SOS.  If the logical name
 GRAMMAR$EDIT_xxx is defined (e.g. GRAMMAR$EDIT_TECO), the value xxx is
 also valid.  In that case SPELL translates the logical name, and uses the
 equivalence name as the command to invoke the editor.  For example:

      If the symbol "TECO" is defined as "$TECO TECO" then

          $ DEFINE GRAMMAR$EDIT_TECO TECO
          $ SPELL/CORRECT/EDIT=TECO MYFILE.RNO

      would instruct SPELL to use TECO to make corrections on the user's
 text.

 If this qualifier is omitted or specified without a value, the default
 editor is EDT.

/LISTING[=file name]
/NOLISTING (D)
     This qualifier directs the output of the command to a file instead
 of sending it directly to the terminal.  If the LISTING qualifier is
 used without specifying a file name, the name of the listing file will
 the same as that of the textfile except that its file type will be
 changed to LIS.  If the LISTING qualifier is used with a file name but
 without a specified file type, the file type will also be supplied by
 the program as LIS. 

    The default is /NOLISTING which disables the listing function.
 All output will be directed to the terminal.

/RIGOR
/NORIGOR (D)
     Controls whether SPELL checks words rigorously, i.e. by looking
 each word up in its dictionary.

     The default is /NORIGOR, which causes SPELL to only look up the root
 of each word in its dictionary.

/STATISTICS (D)
/NOSTATISTICS
     Controls whether SPELL print a final statistical summary for the run
 of the program.  By default, /STATISTICS is enabled.

     The /NOSTATISTICS qualifier suppresses the printout of the
 statistical summary.
