As some of you might have noticed aspell i now part of the redhat distribution, a will be the standard spelling program for their distribution. For some odd reason Linux-Mandrake currently don't carry this spelling utility, i would be happy to see this included in upcoming releases, aspell have several features not included in ispell and generally gives better hits on misspelled words. Redhat has chosen not to include ispell, i think this is mistake, aspell is not yet a full replacement for ispell, not all languages has made the phonetic file required in aspell. Also the way suggestions i found is quit different. Aspell should be the default spell checker because it will be the best tool for most people. But i still think ispell should be included on the cd as a choice. All the packages for aspell are available here: (But please correct the language id, its da for danish not dk). http://people.redhat.com/teg/ for info on aspell look here: http://aspell.sourceforge.net/ As the aspell data files take up allot of room you could, think about making the ispell files smaller. This can be done by making the hash file on install, it only takes about 3 sec on a p3 550 and the rpm only use 1/2 the space. I have made a rpm using the method for the danish ispell data files: ftp://ftp.rh.dk/sslug/ispell/ As for doing this with aspell files, forget it it takes to long. Kind regards Troels Liebe Bentsen
