Re: [Aspell-user] Format of replacement list

[Bill Crockett]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan D." <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2016 2:18 AM
>
> Hello,
>
> When uncertain about a spelling, I'm using a small script to pipe a word 
> from the command line into:
>
> echo word | aspell -a -t
>
> This produces just the horizontal word list with no commands for visual 
> inspection.  One is taken back to the command line without any command.
>
> Almost always the correct spelling is the first word numbered as "0".  If 
> it is not misspelled there is no list.
>
> Using "echo" to put the word into a temp.file and then doing:
>
> aspell -c file
>
> Produces the vertical list with commands, misspelled or not.  Depending on 
> the word, the correct spelling might be the numbered "1" choice or another 
> somewhere in the list.  A command is required to return to the 
> commandline.
>
> Thanks
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2016, Bill Crockett wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dan D." <address@hidden>
>> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2016 2:58 AM
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Is there a way to have the suggested replacement words appear as a
>>> vertical list instead of a white space seperated horizontal list?
>>>
>>> I don't see anything in the man page or hlp that would affect this or 
>>> any
>>> other formatting feature.  Am I missing something?
>>>
>>> Thanks

I think it is beyond the scope of Aspell.  I could not find any options to 
do this.   Using the -a to pipe goes into Ispell compatibility mode.  Not 
sure if this causes it to not use the Aspell GUI.  The author's contact is 
in the man pages may help.