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MySpell is a simple spell checker that uses affix
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compression and is modelled after the spell checker
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ispell.
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MySpell was written to explore how affix compression
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can be implemented.
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The Main features of MySpell are:
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1. written in C++ to make it easier to interface with
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Pspell, OpenOffice, AbiWord, etc
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2. it is stateless, uses no static variables and
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should be completely reentrant with almost no
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ifdefs
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3. it tries to be as compatible with ispell to
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the extent it can. It can read slightly modified
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versions of munched ispell dictionaries (and it
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comes with a munched english wordlist borrowed from
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Kevin Atkinson's excellent Aspell.
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4. it uses a heavily modified aff file format that
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can be derived from ispell aff files but uses
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the iso-8859-X character sets only
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5. it is simple with *lots* of comments that
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describes how the affixes are stored
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and tested for (based on the approach used by
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ispell).
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6. it supports improved suggestions with replacement
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tables and ngram-scoring based mechanisms in addition
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to the main suggestion mechanisms
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7. like ispell it has a BSD license (and no
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advertising clause)
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But ... it has *no* support for adding words
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to a personal dictionary, *no* support for converting
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between various text encodings, and *no* command line
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interface (it is purely meant to be a library).
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It can not (in any way) replace all of the functionality
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of ispell or aspell/pspell. It is meant as a learning
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tool for understanding affix compression and for
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being used by front ends like OpenOffice, Abiword, etc.
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MySpell has been tested under Linux and Solaris
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and has the world's simplest Makefile and no
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configure support.
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It does come with a simple example program that
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spell checks some words and returns suggestions.
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To build a static library and an example
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program under Linux simply type:
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tar -zxvf myspell.tar.gz
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cd myspell2
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make
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To run the example program:
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./example ./en_US.aff ./en_US.dic checkme.lst
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Please play around with it and let me know
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what you think.
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Please see the file CONTRIBUTORS for more info.
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