Hi Mark, Interesting command :-)) Try something like this:
diction -s Let us ask the question we wish to state. (stdin):1: Let us [ask the question -> ask] [we wish to state -> (cliche, avoid)]. hope this is what your are looking for:-) -- lubo http://www.linuxconfig.org/ On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. I was reading about the diction tool in the Linux Cookbook. It > stated that it combined two different commands into one (those being, > diction and suggest). According to the book, the command diction points > out potential errors by enclosing them in square brackets, and also > contains the functionality of the command "suggest", by outputting > suggestions that are preceded by a right arrow. > > It gives the following example: > > $ diction > Let us ask the question we wish to state. > (stdin):1: Let us [ask the question -> ask] > [we wish to state -> (cliche, avoid)]. > > However, when I try this, I do not get the suggestions. I simply get > the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ diction > Let us ask the question we wish to state. > (stdin):1: Let us [ask the question] [we wish to state]. > > Is there something else I need to install to get the "suggest" > functionality that the Linux Cookbook refers to? > > Mark > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
