Ispell has a dictionary with "flags" after each word that indicate standard sets of affixes. For example, the /S suffix flag for English has rules for how to add a plural -s to words, including hobby-hobbies and fix-fixes. This not only shortens the dictionary, but also allows ispell to explain that hobbies is "correct because of hobby". If hobby and hobbies are listed as two separate words in the dictionary, this ability is lost.
To this ability, I would like to add a short explanation to each word in the dictionary. For example: fix/S # a solution to a problem hobbit/S # fictional human species in works by JRR Tolkien hobby/S # art or craft done in one's spare time Then the spell checker could explain that "hobbies" is "correct because of hobby - art or craft done in one's spare time". This could help in some situations where I spelled a word wrong resulting in another correct word, but not the one I intended. Perhaps I wanted to type "hobbits" and just happened to write "hobbies" instead. These explanations could be used when aspell suggests alternative words too, I guess. Writing explanations requires the use of flags, so to avoid writing the same explanation twice. -- Lars Aronsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Aronsson Datateknik Teknikringen 1e, SE-583 30 Linuxköping, Sweden tel +46-70-7891609 http://aronsson.se/ http://elektrosmog.nu/ http://susning.nu/ _______________________________________________ Aspell-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/aspell-devel
