How I run this site - part 4 of 7 - Aspell
24 May 2021
So I have told you the philosophy behind this website, how I source control the files with Git and how I write and format the text using Markdown. But there are still some steps left before I can publish the finished HTML files.
The next step is spellchecking.
For this I use Aspell. Aspell is a Free and Open Source (FOSS) spell
checker http://aspell.net.
If you run a Linux distro Aspell is most surely installed. You can
check by running the following command in you terminal:
which aspell Should Aspell for some reason be missing you
will find installation instructions on their website.
Aspell comes with a big variety of options, commands and filters. You can for example specify if the file is a Perl, LaTex or HTML file. And you can of course specify the language.
I run it simple. I just check one file for English in interactive mode. It is just like running a spell check in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice.
The syntax for this is (md is Markdown file extension):
aspell check file.md
When checking your file you will get suggestions for errors, you can change/change all, ignore/ignore all or for example add a custom word to your personal dictionary.
Next time I will show you how to automatically create a HTML page from your Markdown file.