[8553] in Athena Bugs
rt 7.3P: ispell
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (haynes@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Fri Nov 8 14:36:44 1991
From: haynes@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 91 14:36:44 EST
System name: e40-008-6
Type and version: RTPC-ROMPC 7.3P (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type:
What were you trying to do?
ispell -n <filename>
What's wrong:
I get the usage: message instead of it working
What should have happened:
it should have processed the file, ignoring embedded nroff commands
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
the usage: message shows -n as a legal flag; and the manual explains
what it does. But the source code isn't looking for that flag
and doesn't recognize it.
Note in passing: the ispell in the source tree is quite different from the
one currently distributed by FSF. Maybe it's time to try to bring them
into sync.
