Dear Professor: Did you put the script on the blackboard? <grin> Maybe I can't see it from the back row here? <bigger grin> OK, I know you posted it some months ago, but that was a different semester and a different class, right? PS: Is it on the web site? I rather think it should/could be. On Sat, 4 May 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi gang, > I have never felt more like a retired school teacher than I have > since this thread started! <smile> > > I have found that using a spellchecker routinely makes its use a > lot more tolerable than just using it once or twice to see if it > works or not. It is a little like defragging a disk. If you only > do it once a month or once a year it takes forever. But if you > run it in an autoexec.bat file (remember those?) so it runs on > every system startup, you hardly notice it at all. > > I have configured my mail program to use an alternative editor > implicitly (i.e., always, without my asking) and instead of > specifying an actual editor, I specify a very simple script. That > script first runs the editor I want to use, and immediately > afterward, it runs the spell checker. So when I compose an email > message and his the editor's exit key I find myself in the spell > checker. I have learned to quit checking as soon as I get to any > included messages. > > In addition to satisfying my own anal retentive tendencies, the > nice thing about a well spelled message is that the voice > synthesizer behaves much much better. > > Okay everybody, class dismissed! > > Chuck > > On Sat, 4 May 2002, Ann Parsons wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Now, old Bill, I fully admit that these isn't spelled like cheese, > > even though it sounds like it ought to be. However, unless there's an > > extreme blooper like the poster who assured a budding concern that > > their registry personnel must be on "autopilate", I think we can > > interpret pretty well. I do agree that folks should use spell > > checkers, but since I don't myself, at least not within email msgs, I > > can't throw any stones. The walls of my house are made of glass. > > > > Ann P. > > > > > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
