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From: nelson AT cs DOT uwp DOT edu (Jeremy Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: ispell compiled with djgpp
Date: 3 Aug 1996 19:36:25 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Parkside
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Im using a precompiled commercial program, and i needed an interactive
spell checker, so the obvious choice was ispell.  I used the rmx/rsx port,
but it crashed my computer when i used it (more on that in next
paragraph).  It seems that its trying to use emx, which is a vcpi
interface.  It uses rsx under windows, but the commercial program doesnt
work optimally under windows.

The commercial program is a dos-extended DPMI hosted program.  It has
a programming language of sorts, and using the language, a text file
is being written, then a shell escape is done, ispell is run, and when
the shell exits, the file is read back in.  Using the ispell compiled
using emx crashed the computer when the shell exited (either a cold
boot or a freeze.)

Is there a port of ispell compiled with djgpp? 
OR 
Is there a package of source code adapted for compiling with djgpp?
The emx source package was simply the unmodified unix sources.

Am i going about this the wrong way?  Would using djgpp to compile ispell
help any?  It is my understanding that emx is VCPI -- im a happy djgpp
user for some time, and i thought maybe using a DPMI program would work
since im already using a DPMI host.

Alas, im a unix junkie, and i very much appreciate DJGPP, but
i am not familiar with the nuances of dos entenders, so im not sure
that i know im going in the right direction.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can offer.
Jeremy Nelson