Before installing and using the present software, please read the copyright document and act in accordance to it. #************************************************************************ # * # Copyright (c) 1984 by * # Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA * # All rights reserved. * # * # This software is furnished under a license and may be used and * # copied only in accordance with the terms of such license and * # with the inclusion of the above copyright notice. This * # software or any other copies thereof may not be provided or * # otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and * # ownership of the software is hereby transferred. * # * # This software is derived from software received from the * # University of California, Berkeley, and from Bell * # Laboratories. Use, duplication, or disclosure is subject to * # restrictions under license agreements with University of * # California and with AT&T. * # * # The information in this software is subject to change without * # notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Digital * # Equipment Corporation. * # * # Digital assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability * # of its software on equipment which is not supplied by Digital. * # * #***********************************************************************/ The installation of spell is done in the following way. 1) copy spell to its final location (Ex. /usr/bin/) 2) edit spell and change the following variables: ITDICTPATH=./ --> set it to the absolute or relative location of the dictionary. If spell is left in the same directory of the dictionary this variable needs not be modified. HLISTA=/usr/dict/hlista --> set to the location of the American dictionary. By default this is in /usr/dict/hlista HLISTB=/usr/dict/hlistb --> set to the location of the British dictionary. By default this is in /usr/dict/hlista SPELL=usr/lib/spell --> set to the location of program spell The installation of the dictionary is done as follows. 1) gunzip italia-1a.tar.gz 2) tar xf italia-1a.tar 3) source script 4) rm -rf ITALIANO.* Act (1) will uncompress the dictionary. You can obtain updates of this file through ftp (location: sol.yorku.ca). Act (2) will untar the file Act (3) will create the hash table needed by spell Act (4) will remove all unnecessay files You can test spell on the files prova_corretto.txt and prova_errato.txt. simply run spell as follows: spell -i file_name Please report problems to Edoardo Charbon (charbon@ic.berkeley.edu) for the program spell and to Luigi Bianchi (lbianchi@yorku.ca) for question/comments about the dictionary. Edoardo Charbon, May, 1994