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From: Duncan Kennedy on 12 May 2010 11:47
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote:

> Hylton Boothroyd <hylton.boothroyd(a)null.c0m.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Jim wrote that:
(snip)
> >
> > A bit old-fashioned, but effective: Excalibur will spell-check the
> > contents of the clipboard, which you can then re-insert into MacSOUP.
>
> Yup.
>
> > It's slightly unnerving because the alterations you ask for are stored
> > out of sight and only become visible when you do the re-insertion.
>
> Yup.
>
> > I've used it occasionally since OS 9 days -- I don't remember where it
> > came from!
>
> I've been using it longer than that - since the System 7.blah days IIRC;
> currently on 10.6.3 (C2D iMac).
>
> > [OS 10.4.11, Intel MacMini]
>
> It was developed as a spelling checker for TeX systems on Macs.
>
> You can find it these days at:
>
> <http://excalibur.sourceforge.net/>
>
> Best to turn LaTeX command parsing off if you're not checking a LaTeX
> document.
>

Thanks once more for the ideas.


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