Re: [Lynx-dev] editors and spell checking?

[tsiegel]

Pico and nano are basically the same editor, just a later version, (you 
know, pico is version 1.0, nano is version 2.0).

The way to run aspell or spell is exactly the same regardless of the 
name of the editor in this case.

ctrl-t asks you what program to run, type spell or aspell, depending on 
what you have installed, and you're all done.

That's all there is to it.

And, just for reference, Nano uses the same exact keystrokes as pico, I 
know, because I used pico for years before it got switched to nano, and 
I've not changed a single thing in how I use the program, and it still 
does everything exactly the same as it did before.

No difference.


On 4/2/2024 11:25 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> apparently?
> There is more to this  solution, at least where the speller is concerned.
> the editor in lynx in use is pico..cannot fault them there, I prefer 
> it to nano as well.
> Alpine in their setup is using aspell for spell checking, so they want 
> to add this on the  editor line.
> Pico runs fine by itself when added to the editor line in  the lynx 
> options menu.  but it does not seem to provide   things like 
> alternative words, or look up or anything as if a speller was in 
> use...meaning something  else is required.
> Apparently adding the line as it appears in the alpine setup screen is 
> not working either.
> Does pico need a configuration file to run with a spell checker?
> thanks,
> Karen
>
>
> On Tue, 2 Apr 2024, Tim Chase wrote:
>
> > Replying inline
> >
> > On 2024-04-02 15:33, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > > I am helping someone resolve an issue, they have access to lynx, but 
> > > the
> > > editor field is blank.
> > > They are using Ubuntu.
> >
> > If they're already comfortable with a preferred editor, you can
> > tell Lynx to use that on the command-line with the "-editor" option:
> >
> >  $ lynx -editor=/usr/bin/nano http://example.com
> >
> > They might even have configured their system to use "sensible-editor"
> > in which case
> >
> >  $ lynx -editor=/usr/bin/sensible-editor http://example.com
> >
> > should invoke their preferred editor.
> >
> > Alternatively, you can use "o" to go to the lynx options, check the
> > "Save options to disk" checkbox, set the Editor value in there, and
> > save the options.
> >
> > Strangely, lynx doesn't honor the common method of setting either
> > the $EDITOR or $VISUAL environment variable.
> >
> > > In alpine for example there is a field for editor, and one for spell
> > > checking, I admit to thinking they worked together as in are software
> > > dependent.
> >
> > They can be the same thing or they can be different tools.  Some
> > editors have spell-check support, some don't; so you might want an
> > external spell-checker.
> >
> > > Does lynx work the same?  meaning does there need to be one field
> > > for the editor and one for spell checker?
> >
> > I don't think lynx has anything spell-checking-related, just
> > editor-related.  However, if they use an editor with built-in
> > spell-checking, that would do the trick.
> >
> > > or is it enough to make sure the chosen editor is configured
> > > to use the desired spell checker.  meaning adding the editor will
> > > allow for spell checking as well?
> >
> > I believe this is the case.  I know that vim and emacs both have
> > support for spell-checking.  And nano does too if you enable it and
> > add a spell-checking package:
> >
> >  $ sudo apt-get install spell
> >
> > With the spell-checker installed, you should be able to use control+t
> > in nano to spell-check the file.
> >
> > Hopefully that helps,
> >
> > -tim