Re: LaTeX spellchecker

[duc@informatik.uni-leipzig.de]

On Thu, 8 May 1997, Thanh Dang Nguyen wrote:

> Minh,
> 
> > Do any one know where to get a spelling checker with LaTeX support that 
> > can run on a PC?
> 
> I usually use ispell to do the job, but I think it's only available on
> UNIX platforms; other than that, what I mean under "LaTeX support" is
> that we can separate LaTeX macros from the plain text. I'm not aware of
> a spellchecker that is capable of detecting spelling errors and/or
> syntax errors in the macros themselves (and running under DOS). Please
> let me know if you find out something useful!

Some free spell checkers are distributed with (La)TeX, e.g., amSpell. To
download, please go to a CTAN site, e.g.,

ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/tex-archive/support/amspell/

Good luck,

Ho Ngoc Duc <duc@informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~duc