spell-add-word(3)

NAME

spell-add-word - Add a word to the main dictionary

SYNOPSIS

n spell-add-word ["word"]

DESCRIPTION

spell-add-word adds words to the last dictionary added using the command add-dictionary(2). If no argument is supplied the user is prompted for the word and rule flags, only a 'Good' word can be added (see below). If an argument n is given then the next n words from the current buffer are added. The words must take one of the following three forms:

xxxx - Good word xxxx with no spell rules allowed
xxxx/abc - Good word xxxx with spell rules abc allowed
xxxx>yyyy - Erroneous word with an auto-replace to yyyy

NOTES

spell-add-word is a macro defined in file spellutl.emf. It is not defined by default so spellutl.emf must be executed first using execute-file(2).

SEE ALSO

add-dictionary(2), edit-dictionary(3), save-dictionary(2), delete-dictionary(2).

Ref: spell-add-word(3) File: m3mac023.3 Date: 2022/06/12

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