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--- bboard [2021/05/12 05:18] – added note on new scan, learned about it from from Papa on bboard peteyboy
+++ bboard [2021/11/07 21:25] – added bbvi personal wordfile info; tweaked ~/.exrc comment formatting zilog
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 <file vim ~$USER/.exrc>
-  " set auto-wrap width:"
+  " " set auto-wrap width:
   set textwidth=78
-  " set RH margin guide:"
+  " " set RH margin guide:
   set guidewidth=79
-  " set elvis spellcheck stuff:"
+  " " set elvis spellcheck stuff:
   set spell
   set spelldict=/usr/share/dict/words
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 </file>
-Once these files are in place your bboard(1) post editing environment will be elvis(1) based (a Vi editor clone; see **man elvis**) and should display a highlighted right-hand margin guide at 79 characters over, with text wrapping at 78 characters over. Note that these //~/.exrc// settings may adversely affect other Vi-style editors like nvi(1) or vim(1).
+Once these files are in place your bboard(1) post editing environment will be elvis(1) based (a Vi editor clone; see **man elvis**) and should display a highlighted right-hand margin guide at 79 characters over, with text wrapping at 78 characters over. Note that these //~/.exrc// settings may adversely affect other Vi-style editors like nvi(1) or vim(1). If you don't like the current color scheme alternatives are possible; type //:color// within ''bbvi'' to see current settings and appropriate syntax.
 If you have problems with screen colors (black-on-black), you can also add ''COLOR=NIL'' to your ''.bboardrc'' file, or update ''.elvisrc'' to include:
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 When finished editing your bboard(1) post use //'ZZ'// to quit. If you wish to cancel your post use //':q!'// to quit without saving.
+If you find the spellchecker is frequently flagging words inappropriately you can create a personal word list, for example ''~/.mywords'', then add the following to your ''~/.exrc'' file:
+<file vim ~$USER/.exrc>
+" " personal word list:
+wordfile .mywords
+</file>
+The words in your personal word file do not need to be sorted however all lowercase words are treated as case-insensitive; use uppercase if the distinction matters.  The wordfile words will be treated as "correct" by the spellchecker.
 ==== Learning to use Vi-style Editors: ====