Steve - Here is where to fine ispell on your Slackware 8.0 distribution: cd1/slakware/ap1/ispell.tgz I have found that neither pico nor nano know how to use it unless you include the "-s" option when you run them, even after ispell is installed. HTH - Chuck On Sun, 5 May 2002, Steve Holmes wrote: > On my slackware 8 box, I can't seem to find the ispell program. Might > anyone know off the top of their head which slack package ispell could > be in. I'm sure it's here some place but just a tad lazy right now to > browse through all the slackware packages to find it. Once I get that > up, I can then use the emacs spell-region and spell-buffer commands > successfully; right now, they fail because they can't find the > necessary file. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck The Moon is Waning Crescent (30% of Full)