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EVE SPELL — VMS 5.0

 SPELL

 Runs DECspell (if it is installed on your system) to check the currently
 selected text or the entire buffer.

 Steps:

    1.  Optionally, select the text you want to check. (See help on SELECT.)

    2.  Use SPELL or with the WPS keypad, press GOLD/S.

 o  If you select less than a full line, EVE extends the select range to
    include the start and end of the line.  If you do NOT select any text,
    SPELL checks the entire buffer.

 o  EVE spawns a subprocess to run DECspell and writes out the current
    buffer or select range to a temporary file in SYS$SCRATCH.  The name of
    the temporary file uses the subprocess PID number.

 o  When you exit from SPELL, EVE replaces the buffer or range with the new
    version of the temporary file, containing any corrections, and deletes
    any old versions of the temporary file.  You then resume editing.

 Note:  Do NOT use CTRL/Y while using SPELL.  This deletes lines in the
        temporary output file, and therefore destroys the selected range or
        current buffer.

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