source: general/genlib/aspell.xml@ f27505a

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY aspell-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-&aspell-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY aspell-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-&aspell-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY aspell-md5sum        "ca44ac2fcfdc7213e03d3b5610ce141a">
  <!ENTITY aspell-size          "1.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY aspell-buildsize     "26.0 MB (Additional 8 MB for en dict)">
  <!ENTITY aspell-time          "0.62 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="aspell" xreflabel="Aspell-&aspell-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="aspell.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">aspell-&aspell-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">aspell</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Aspell-&aspell-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="aspell">
    <primary sortas="a-Aspell">Aspell</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Aspell</title>

    <para>The <application>Aspell</application> package contains an interactive
    spell checking program and the <application>Aspell</application> libraries.
    <application>Aspell</application> can either be used as a library or as an
    independent spell checker.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&aspell-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&aspell-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &aspell-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &aspell-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &aspell-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &aspell-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <para>You'll need to download at least one dictionary. The link below will take
    you to a page containing links to dictionaries in many languages.</para>

    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Aspell dictionaries: <ulink
        url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Aspell Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="which"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Aspell</title>

    <para>Install <application>Aspell</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  <para>If you do not plan to install <application>Ispell</application>,
  then copy the wrapper script <command>ispell</command>:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m 755 scripts/ispell /usr/bin/</userinput></screen>

  <para>If you do not plan to install <application>Spell</application>,
  then copy the wrapper script <command>spell</command>:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m 755 scripts/spell /usr/bin/</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Aspell</title>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>After <application>Aspell</application> is installed, you must set up at
      least one dictionary. Install one or more dictionaries by running the following
      commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

      <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>aspell, aspell-import, precat, preunzip, prezip, prezip-bin,
        pspell-config, run-with-aspell, word-list-compress and optionally,
        ispell and spell</seg>
        <seg>libaspell.so and libpspell.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/pspell and /usr/lib/aspell-0.60</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="aspell-prog">
        <term><command>aspell</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a utility that can function as an
          <command>ispell -a</command> replacement, as an independent spell checker, as
          a test utility to test out <application>Aspell</application> features, and as
          a utility for managing dictionaries.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell aspell-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-aspell">aspell</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="aspell-ispell">
        <term><command>ispell</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a wrapper around <command>aspell</command> to invoke it in
          <command>ispell</command> compatible mode.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell aspell-ispell">
            <primary sortas="b-ispell">ispell</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="aspell-spell">
        <term><command>spell</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a wrapper around <command>aspell</command> to invoke it in
          <command>spell</command> compatible mode.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell aspell-spell">
            <primary sortas="b-spell">spell</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="aspell-import">
        <term><command>aspell-import</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>imports old personal dictionaries into
          <application>Aspell</application>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell aspell-import">
            <primary sortas="b-aspell-import">aspell-import</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="precat">
        <term><command>precat</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>decompresses a <command>prezip</command>ped file to
          stdout.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell precat">
            <primary sortas="b-precat">precat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="preunzip">
        <term><command>preunzip</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>decompresses a <command>prezip</command>ped file.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell preunzip">
            <primary sortas="b-preunzip">preunzip</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="prezip">
        <term><command>prezip</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a prefix delta compressor, used to compress sorted word
          lists or other similar text files.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell prezip">
            <primary sortas="b-prezip">prezip</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="prezip-bin">
        <term><command>prezip-bin</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is called by the various wrapper scripts to perform the
          actual compressing and decompressing.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell prezip-bin">
            <primary sortas="b-prezip-bin">prezip-bin</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pspell-config">
        <term><command>pspell-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>displays information about the
          <filename class='libraryfile'>libpspell</filename> installation, mostly for use
          in build scripts.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell pspell-config">
            <primary sortas="b-pspell-config">pspell-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="run-with-aspell">
        <term><command>run-with-aspell</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a script to help use <application>Aspell</application>
          as an <command>ispell</command> replacement.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell run-with-aspell">
            <primary sortas="b-run-with-aspell">run-with-aspell</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="word-list-compress">
        <term><command>word-list-compress</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>compresses or decompresses sorted word lists for use with the
          <application>Aspell</application> spell checker.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell word-list-compress">
            <primary sortas="b-word-list-compress">word-list-compress</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libaspell">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libaspell.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains spell checking API functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell libaspell">
            <primary sortas="c-lib">libaspell.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libpspell">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpspell.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is an interface to the
          <filename class='libraryfile'>libaspell</filename> library. All the spell
          checking functionality is now in
          <filename class='libraryfile'>libaspell</filename> but this library is
          included for backward compatibility.</para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell libpspell">
            <primary sortas="c-libpspell">libpspell.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>