Bug#35288: ispell bug 35288

1999-07-22 Thread Nikita Schmidt
I basically accept the upstream developer's position. Here are my comments to his response. > > Torsten's suggestion of screwing backwards compatibility is not > > acceptable. OK. I haven't seen any systems which support SysV termio yet don't support the POSIX.1 termios, but I accept that there

Bug#35288: ispell: use termios instead of termio

1999-03-30 Thread Nikita Schmidt
Package: ispell Version: 3.1.20-0.6 Ispell uses either the termio or the sgtty interface to operate terminal modes. The GNU libc encourages use of termios in favour of termio. Because of backwards compatibility, there are problems associated with the obsolete termio interface. For example, on L

Bug#35287: ibritish: American spellings allowed, British ones rejected

1999-03-30 Thread Nikita Schmidt
Package: ibritish Version: 3.1.20-0.6 The ibritish dictionary systematically accepts American spellings, but may reject British ones. For example, when checking the following file: color colour theatre theater catalog catalogue kerb curb organisation organization licence license defence defense,