Spell checking and Python

[Dave Kuhlman]

Gilles Lenfant wrote:

> Hi pythonists,
> 
> Any experience or pointer on using a spell checker (aspell, ispell
> ?) with a Python app ?
> 
> Many thanks by advance

Here is one way for UNIX/Linux running with X Windows:

    def check(content):
        file = open('ispell.tmp', 'w')
        file.write(content)
        file.close()
        os.system('xterm -e ispell ispell.tmp')
        file = open('ispell.tmp', 'r')
        content = file.read()
        file.close()
        return content


You might want to use the tempfile module in the Python standard
library to create the temporary file, though.

Dave



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