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- AddList v1.0
- Dictionary Builder
- (C) Copyright 1989, Acropolis Software
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- Acropolis Software
- 4620 Hazel Ave.
- Fair Oaks, CA 95628
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- THE LEGAL STUFF
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- AddList is provided on an "as is" basis without warranty of
- any kind expressed or implied. In no event will Acropolis
- Software be liable to you for any damages, including any lost
- profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential
- damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the
- program, even if Acropolis Software has been advised of the
- possibility of such damages, or for any claim by any other party.
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- AddList is copyrighted by Acropolis Software. You are
- encouraged to give copies to your friends and upload it to
- bulletin boards, however sale of the program for profit by
- anyone except Acropolis Software is strictly prohibited. With
- the exception of a small fee for duplication. That fee does not
- register you as a user of AddList.
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- WHAT IS ADDLIST?
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- AddList is a utility to aid in the use of ShareSpell. It will
- allow you to add a list of words to the ShareSpell dictionary
- as a group. Why would you want to do that? Good question.
- If you are using ShareSpell in your work and it involves a
- considerable number of "buzzwords" or jargon particular to
- your field then you can add those words to the dictionary at
- one time and not have to worry about adding them one at a time
- as you run across them. But where would I get the list of words
- to add? Another good question. There are a number of word lists
- available either as shareware or in the public domain for several
- different fields that are meant for inclusion in spelling
- checker dictionaries.
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- HOW DO I ADD MY WORD LIST?
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- Easy, if you have ShareSpell properly installed just type:
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- ADDLIST filename
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- The words in the "filename" will be added to the dictionary.
- If you have more than one list of words you wish to add you can
- give multiple file names to AddList:
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- ADDLIST filename1 filename2 filename3 filename4....
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- If you do not have ShareSpell installed, place the ShareSpell
- dictionary (SS.DIC) on the same disk that you have the word list
- you wish to add and the AddList program. Then just follow the
- commands as outlined above. If you are using floppies you can
- place the word list on a separate disk and give the full path
- name to AddList (i.e. ADDLIST B:MYWORDS.TXT). Either way
- AddList must be able to find the dictionary in the current
- directory or in one of the directories included in the PATH.
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- WHAT IS THE FORMAT FOR THE WORD LIST?
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- That's easy: There isn't one. Any place text will do, AddList
- will strip the words from the file and place any unknown words
- in the dictionary. You could even give this file to AddList
- and it would take it. I do however recommend that you use
- a format of one word per line placed at the beginning of each
- line.
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- WARNINGS
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- Three warnings about using AddList:
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- 1) Do not use AddList on your original copy of the ShareSpell
- dictionary. Always work with a copy of the original. This
- is not a requirement, it is just good computing practice.
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- 2) Make sure that the list of words you add are spelled correctly.
- Otherwise they will go into the dictionary and stay there since
- you cannot delete words from the dictionary.
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- 3) If you are adding a large number of words (10,000 or more)
- be prepared for the operation to take an hour. The speed
- is fairly constant, 5,000 word should take about a half
- an hour, a few hundred words should take only a few
- minutes. (Times based on an 8Mhz 80286.)
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