source: general/genlib/aspell.xml@ a0f03b0

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY aspell-download-http "http://gnu.mirror.mcgill.ca/aspell/aspell-&aspell-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY aspell-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-&aspell-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY aspell-size "1 MB">
<!ENTITY aspell-buildsize "9.8 MB">
<!ENTITY aspell-time "0.97 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="aspell" xreflabel="aspell-&aspell-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy: $</othername>
<date>$Date: $</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="aspell.html"?>
<title>aspell-&aspell-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>aspell</application></title>

<para>The <application>aspell</application> package contains the 
<application>aspell</application> libraries, used to interface with spell 
checking libraries.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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 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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional download(s)</title>
<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></sect3>

<sect3><title><application>aspell</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="which"/>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>aspell</application></title>

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

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

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>aspell</application></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><command>./configure &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>aspell</application> package contains the 
<filename>libaspell</filename> and <filename>libpspell</filename>
libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>aspell libraries</title>
<para>The <filename>libaspell</filename> libraries are spell checking 
library interfaces.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>