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the importance of thermostats
On 09/19/2013 08:22 PM, Brent wrote:
> On 2013-09-20, T0m $herman > wrote: >> On 9/19/2013 9:59 PM, Brent wrote: >>> slrn, at least the ancient version I use, does not have a spell checker. >>> Neither does this ancient text editor. All terminal based stuff. And >>> honestly you're not worth the time. If anything, consider the typos >>> and spelling errors stereotypical proof of my background. >> >> Technical writing a lost skill? >> >> But what do I know - just because I get paid to edit engineering reports? > > Just the stereotype that engineers can't spell worth a damn. I have > word processors and other things with real time spell checking for > serious things. yet again dags. you'll see that slrn has a spell check invocation. it's very simple. but you're TOO ****ING STOOOOOPID TO DO IT EVEN WHEN POINTED OUT! > Also much of my professional career has been with > people who speak english as a second language so that's really > screwed up my spelling even more than it was no, /you/ are e.s.l, not they. > > Anyway I hate GUI newsreaders and like to keep one newsrc so I use an > old unix box for usenet. so fix the ****ing spel chekr already! > > Sadly nano's spell checking ability is limited to 'checking' but not > offering the correct spellings. pico? emacs? the list is LONG. if you have half a brain and half a gram of inclination. -- fact check required |
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