A few things to take into consideration. 1) To Minimize the Space Used The Word List Should be Compressed with "prezip -s". (The "-s" is to resort the word list using the "C" local which is needed for maximum compressed with prezip). And than further compressed with bzip2. You can decompress it by piping it through "bzcat | precat". To give you an idea on sizes using various methods here are the file sizes for en-common.wl (.cwl is the word list compressed with prezip)
1224 en-common.wl 424 en-common.cwl 136 en-common.cwl.bz2 164 en-common.cwl.gz 432 en-common.wl.bz2 332 en-common.wl.gz yes bzip2 is WORSE than gzip on a sorted word list. Also prezip and friends consists of an ANSI C program and some shell scripts which can easily be separated out into a separate package so that you can also use them with Ispell if so desired. 2) To avoid spitting out a bunch of warnings during compile you should clean it by piping it though "aspell clean strict". This will remove all problem words and affix flags that Aspell will complain about when compiling. The compiled dictionary should be the same with either the dirty or the clean word list. You can also use "aspell clean" but that but that handles some errors in a different way and the resulting compiled dictionary may be different. 3) Aspell by defaults performs a number of checks when creating a word list, some if these can be expensive. You can disable the expensive one with "--dont-validate-affixes". If you clean the word list first this should be 100% safe. It should also be safe to use on a dirty word list as the invalid affix flags don't cause a problem in the compiled word list. You may also consider using "--validate-words" but those checks are not very expensive. -- Kevin Atkinson Aspell Author http://kevin.atkinson.dhs.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
