[drats_users] D-RATS 0.3.2b6

[Ron Wenig]

Dan Smith wrote:
>
> On Windows, you'll need to install
> Aspell and a dictionary.  However, both are small and easy:
>
>   http://aspell.net/win32/
>
> Windows users will also need to add the Aspell directory to your path.
> To do this, right-click on My Computer, click Properties.  Then go to
> the Advanced tab and click on Environment Variables.  In the "System
> Variables" group, find the entry for PATH and click Edit.  Tack the
> following on to the end of the string and hit OK:
>
>   C:\Program Files\Aspell\bin
>
> You'll know if you got it working because the "Check spelling" check box
> will not let you check it unless it finds the spelling system.
>
> I'm sure most Windows power users know how to do this, so if we can get
> some confirmation that it works and is reasonable, I will document the
> process with screenshots and all on the website for people not as familiar.
>
> On Windows, it feels to me that having spell checking enabled slows down
> the processing of input to the window there, but it may be because I'm
> accessing my Windows machine remotely.  I'd really appreciate if some
> people could install the spell libraries and test this out and let me
> know.  There are probably some things I can do to improve performance,
> but I need to confirm that it's a problem first.
>
> Thanks!
>   
Dan,

The Aspell application installed ok and works great.  This is a pretty 
handy application to have.  If you have a text file you can just drop it 
into the Aspell icon and it will check the spelling of the file, very 
cool.  Installing it wasn't too tough except you have to enter semi 
colon before the C:Program Files\Aspell\bin to make the path work.  It 
didn't seem to effect the performance of entering text in the chat input.

The checking Winlink mail works like a charm also.  I'm sure this is 
going to be a big hit with the Winlink emergency communications people, 
thanks.

73, Ron ny3j