There are many things one can piece together with the proper tools. Today I’ll show you how to create a global spell-check system for Windows, but it should be easier to do this for Linux.
So the idea is pretty simple: you type something anywhere, copy it to the clipboard, run spell check on the clipboard contents and paste back.
Tools required:
- Native W32 ports of some GNU utilities
- A command-line spell check program (GNU Aspell is recommended)
- Optional: An application launcher (Launchy for instance)
Here’s a batch file that does the magic:
pclip | cat > c:/temp/aspell.tmp
aspell check c:/temp/aspell.tmp
cat c:/temp/aspell.tmp | gclip
rm c:/temp/aspell.tmp*
And this is the file in action:
Comments (4)
super cool stuff dude … wasn't aware of any of the above utility … btw take a look @ this
http://www.humanized.com/
dude i want u to see the demo of their enso product … see the screen cast for me and tell me what u think …
It was Enso Words that gave me an idea to write make this.
Enso Launcher is not free, and is a huge 11Mb download. Launchy is just a lot more light-weight, and it’s free.
I also have a similar script that brings up the Wordnet definition for any word I’ve copied :)
i just downloaded launchy … it's a neat tool … thanx