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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-support.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-support.tex index 7e4f88560f2..1a08d1865cf 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-support.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-support.tex @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% $Id: faq-support.tex,v 1.8 2012/12/07 19:34:33 rf10 Exp rf10 $ +% $Id: faq-support.tex,v 1.9 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ \section{Support Packages for \TeX{}} @@ -56,28 +56,37 @@ A Unix port of the program (\ProgName{xtexcad}) has been made. \Question[Q-spell]{Spelling checkers for work with \TeX{}} -Most approaches to the problem (of checking your spelling) are -designed to work with a plain text file; in our case, this is \alltex{} +`Traditional' approaches to the problem (of checking your spelling) were +designed to work with a plain text file; in our case, we have an \alltex{} source. For the user, this is a simple-to-understand way to do the job; but for the spell-checker programmer, it requires heuristic (and hence fallible) analysis of \alltex{} macros and so on. The alternative, of viewing the text \emph{after} \alltex{} has processed the results, is covered below. +The user of an \Qref*{shell/editor}{Q-editors} will usually find it +embeds a spelling checker. For command-line use, there are several +choices, depending on the system you're using. + For Unix, \ProgName{ispell} was long the program of choice; it is well integrated with \ProgName{emacs}, and deals with some \TeX{} syntax. However, it has more-or-less been replaced everywhere, by \ProgName{aspell}, which was designed as a successor, and certainly performs better on most metrics; there remains some question as to its -performance with \AllTeX{} sources. - -For Windows, there is a good spell checker incorporated into many of -the \Qref*{shell/editor}{Q-editors} combinations that are available. -The spell checker from the (now defunct) 4All\TeX{} shell remains -available as a separate package, \ProgName{4spell}. +performance with \AllTeX{} sources. The most recent offering (which +is widely used in other open-source software projects) is +\begin{hyperversion} + \href{http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/}{\ProgName{Hunspell}}. +\end{hyperversion} +\begin{flatversion} + Hunspell~(see \URL{http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/}). +\end{flatversion} +\ProgName{Hunspell} is available for other architectures, too; a web +search shows versions available for Windows, at least. For the Macintosh, \ProgName{Excalibur} has long been used; its distribution comes with dictionaries for several languages. +\ProgName{Hunspell} (see above) is actually part of OS X from version 10.6. The \acro{VMS} Pascal program \ProgName{spell} makes special cases of some important features of \LaTeX{} syntax. @@ -115,7 +124,7 @@ duly highlighted.) \CTANref{vmspell} \item[winedt]\CTANref{winedt} \end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-02-21} +\LastEdit{2013-10-02} \Question[Q-wordcount]{How many words have you written?} |