Re: [ProgSoc] LaTeX spelling

[Victor Rajewski <vik@nospam.yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>]

> If you want to get really wanky, you can process through to DVI format,
> then use a dvi to plain text conversion and spell check that. I can't
> remember the details for dvi to plain text but I know it is possible.
> If you get this process working in an automated manner then putting the
> scripts onto a web page somewhere would be pretty cool.

Nice idea, but doesn't ispell check interactively i.e. it can change
misspelt words there-and-then? This would mean fixing mistakes in the
source file would be difficult. 

btw the prog `untex' gets rid of tex stuff and leaves a plain text file.

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