Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 05:21:36 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Adrian Penisoara <ady@freebsd.ady.ro>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/5463: No spell check in pico editor because /usr/bin/spell doesn't exist Message-ID: <19980719052136.A20184@zappo> In-Reply-To: <199807182350.QAA12506@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Adrian Penisoara on Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 04:50:01PM -0700 References: <199807182350.QAA12506@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 04:50:01PM -0700, Adrian Penisoara wrote: > > Please note that as of current state both Pine 3.96 and Pine 4.00 > ports have the Spell feature disabled in Pico and left enabled in Pine > (so that you may use it by specifying an external speller); this > decision was taken because Pico cannot use an external editor and the > default speller specified at the build time with SPELLER doesn't exist. > > I'd be happy to hear your comments ! Seems reasonable to me. :) Perhaps disabling it in Pico is a bad decision (maybe sysadmin has provided a link from /usr/bin/spell to ispell), but I have complete confidence in the port maintainer to make a decision regarding that. :) So long as he leaves it evident in the port Makefile what he is doing (haven't checked). [If it was my comments specifically that you wanted, you should have felt free(er) to Cc: me.] -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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