Qedit: How Can I Beautify My Text

Qedit has two very nice features for word processing: the Justify command to flow text into even paragraphs, and the Spell command (MPE only) to check the spelling of words in your text.

These two features can come in handy when you are writing program documentation and quick memos or emails.

Here is an example of the Justify command:

   /list 10/15
      10     You should wriet down the information below and
      11     see the manual's trouble shooting
      12     section for information on resolving this problem.
      13     If the suggestions in the manual do not help, call
      14     the suport line for further asistance.
      15

Use the Justify command to reformat it into paragraphs that are up to 53 columns wide, squaring off both margins and putting two spaces after periods:

   /justify both margin 53 two on 10/15
      10     You should wriet down the information below  and  see
      11     the manual's trouble shooting section for information
      12     on resolving  this  problem.   If the suggestions  in
      13     the manual do not help,  call  the  suport  line  for
      14     further asistance.
      15

Now let's check the spelling of our Pulitzer prize-winning text:

   /spell 10/15
      10     You should wriet down the information below  and  see
      13     the manual do not help,  call  the  suport  line  for
      14     further asistance.
   6 lines Spell-checked
   3 misspellings

The Spell command has highlighted the mistakes which we need to correct by hand. Problem: we don't know the correct spelling of "asistance". Solution: the Word command's sound-alike search (denoted by "!").

   /word "asistance!"
   word      : asistance
   soundex   : accosting
             : accusations
             : accustoms
             : acquisitions
             : assistance
             : assisting
             : associating
             : associations
             : augustness
   9 matches

If spell is not installed on your system you will see the following error messages:

From Inside Qedit:

/spell @
SpellExplain   Status = -1
Called from SpellInit   Mode = 1
File system error opening main dictionary
NONEXISTENT PERMANENT FILE  (FSERR 52)

Using Spell Directly:

/file infile=olddi.group.acct
/file outfile=$stdlist
/run spell.pub.robelle

Spell/iX/Copyright Robelle Consulting Ltd. 1991-2000
(Version 1.9)

Error in Dictionary intrinsics, version 3
SpellExplain   Status = -1
Called from SpellInit   Mode = 1
File system error opening main dictionary

In order to install the Dictionaries for the Spell command and spell program, please see the jobs:

1. dictmain.spjob.robelle
2. dictaux.spjob.robelle

or you can follow these instructions for the main dictionary build:

    :hello mgr.robelle
    :warn @;please stop using Spell NOW!
    :run qedit.pub.robelle             {or use :Editor}
    /text dictmain.spjob
    /modify first                      {Mgr.Robelle passwords}
    /modify "setjcw SpellAmerican"     {For British spelling...}
    /keep robtemp                      {...change True to False}
    /exit
    :stream robtemp
    :purge robtemp

and if desired the auxilliary dictionary:

    :hello mgr.robelle
    :warn @;please stop using Spell NOW!
    :run qedit.pub.robelle             {or use :Editor}
    /text dictaux.spjob
    /modify first                      {Mgr.Robelle passwords}
    /keep robtemp
    /exit
    :stream robtemp
    :purge robtemp                     {discard password file!}

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