From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 07:14:31 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64144881 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 07:14:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x234.google.com (mail-ig0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 294F095F for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 07:14:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f180.google.com with SMTP id h15so12303714igd.7 for ; Tue, 02 Dec 2014 23:14:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=X7J3iWJNTNKfbr55drJmwSi0UEc/+97tIyCNy0CPY5Y=; b=KZQY2SXuXqRqsD96+2Wp5yZQBe1eR1ueZLrfmSdGHR7r4Jz4EXb70OKzji+zusj0h8 zy7/vI8Fc/JUxCb7Bri8oyDJm3P6FpGpEWTVRUg4UBC5HYupcVwOFm+yg5t8jQOpScKF 9PHCOtWYixjl2WV3Q4LtQfPr/yR9yFq1VSLD3mND4KtWM6FGDra+fmLz07y1G78P7wRC jpOz9VLjGRdEAy5kqLYStlrxsBnWNxvxK2VPzHptJ9vWATGn9w5RmR3DaQOIb3Qkn2HF nAU/jhdhEwzD8YCI0QwkHgIxyJMPtK6GXXstJMdPnOnhw5h9Z2r+usgkoNMcPP/aOMly l9Jg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.136.135 with SMTP id qa7mr7102430igb.32.1417590870439; Tue, 02 Dec 2014 23:14:30 -0800 (PST) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.7.169 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:14:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20141202192720.GA10059@xtaz.uk> References: <20141201205804.GB9933@SDF.ORG> <20141202192720.GA10059@xtaz.uk> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:14:30 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: JnTGGvr7eXRFXR344fFrr5ykYx4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Why was ispell removed? From: Kevin Oberman To: Matt Smith , Stephen Fisher , FreeBSD Ports ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:14:31 -0000 On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Matt Smith wrote: > On Dec 01 13:58, Stephen Fisher wrote: > > I recently noticed that the ispell port has been removed in favor of the > > aspell-ispell port ("ispell compatibility script for aspell"). Does > > anyone know why it was removed? All I see on Fresh Ports is that it > > was deprecated and finally removed in January of this year. > > > > (The ispell script for aspell doesn't fully replicate ispell > > functionality such as checking words on the command line as shown below) > > > > Real ispell: > > >ispell > > @(#) International Ispell Version 3.3.02 12 Jun 2005 > > word: word > > ok > > > > > > word: ^D > > > > > > > > aspell script: > > >ispell > > Ispell compatibility script for Aspell. > > Usage: /usr/local/bin/ispell [options] -a|-l|-v[v]|-c|-e[1-4]| > > It seems that you can just use the -a switch on aspell: > > $ aspell -a > @(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.60.6.1) > helo this is a tset > & helo 11 0: he lo, he-lo, hello, helot, help, halo, hell, held, helm, > hero, he'll > * > * > * > & tset 5 15: test, stet, Set, Tet, set > > It seems to do exactly the same as hunspell like you have been pointed > to in the rest of this thread? > > I get slightly different results, probably because of two different dictionaries. In any case, it might be appropriate if there was an installation message about installing dictionaries. But it's still a bit embarrassing that I didn't find it myself. Thanks! -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com