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Document that ispell works, and mention Eshell as an alternative

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Eli Zaretskii 2000-08-22 15:18:43 +00:00
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@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ a DOS codepage, using Emacs running on some other operating system.
asynchronous subprocesses are not available. In particular, Shell
mode and its variants do not work. Most Emacs features that use
asynchronous subprocesses also don't work on MS-DOS, including
spelling correction and GUD. When in doubt, try and see; commands that
Shell mode and GUD. When in doubt, try and see; commands that
don't work print an error message saying that asynchronous processes
aren't supported.
@ -709,6 +709,14 @@ diff} do work, by running the inferior processes synchronously. This
means you cannot do any more editing until the inferior process
finishes.
Spell checking also works, by means of special support for synchronous
invocation of the @code{ispell} program. This is slower than the
asynchronous invocation on Unix.
Instead of the Shell mode, which doesn't work on MS-DOS, you can use
the @kbd{M-x eshell} command. This invokes the Eshell package that
implements a Unix-like shell entirely in Emacs Lisp.
By contrast, Emacs compiled as native Windows application
@strong{does} support asynchronous subprocesses. @xref{Windows
Processes}.