[geeks] quite

William S. wstan at xs4all.nl
Sun Aug 4 12:17:01 CDT 2002


If I understand this discussion correctly it is being
suggested spell-check could have detected a problem
with "quite". I don't see how it would because the
word is spelled correctly. It is the context that is
wrong. ipell doesn't deal with context does it?


On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 11:57:16AM -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> [ On Saturday, August 3, 2002 at 22:29:31 (-0400), Joshua D Boyd wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: [geeks] quite
> >
> > Kinda like I remember how to check my email at work,
> > the trick is remembering to do it frequently enough that my password
> > doesn't expire without me getting the 5 days till it expires message.
> 
> No, that's bogus.  The "trick" is to use a mailer that can be programmed
> to always do the check at send time and to refuse to send (by default)
> if there are errors.
> 
> If you were using a mailer inside emacs, or even just using emacs to
> edit your messages, then it's as simple as invoking ispell-message at
> the right time.
> 

-- 
Bill
Amsterdam, NL



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