You can convert the googlespell.bat batch file in your UDP installation folder into a standalone applet which will allow you to get spelling suggestions directly from Google without needing your browser. First you need to copy googlespell.bat to someplace in your PATH. Then you need to edit it (using notepad or even UDP) and
- replace the string of zeros with your Google Account license key
- add the full path to the googleapi.jar
The version of googlespell.bat that you installed looks like
@echo off
if x%1==x echo Usage %0 WORD-TO-SPELLCHECK GOOLGE-API-KEY
if x%1==x goto dun
if x%2==x %0 %1 00000000000000000000000000000000
del g.t
del googlespell.txt
@echo on
java -cp googleapi.jar
com.google.soap.search.GoogleAPIDemo %2 spell %1>g.t
@echo off
ren g.t googlespell.txt
type googlespell.txt
:dun
You need to change it to look like this (more or less):
@echo off
if x%1==x echo Usage %0 WORD-TO-SPELLCHECK
if x%1==x goto dun
if x%2==x %0 %1 qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm23skdo
del g.t
del googlespell.txt
@echo on
java -cp c:\unicdocp\googleapi.jar
com.google.soap.search.GoogleAPIDemo %2 spell %1>g.t
@echo off
ren g.t googlespell.txt
type googlespell.txt
:dun
Of course, you will need to replace qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm23skdo with your own Google Account license key and c:\unicdocp\ should be the folder where you installed UDP. But make these two changes in your copy and you can easily run googlespell.bat from any DOS box. Or on Win/NT/2K/XP, you can use the Windows Start > Run dialog and enter the following:
cmd /k googlespell [wordtocheck]
On Win/98/ME, you can use the Windows Start > Run dialog and enter the following:
command /k googlespell [wordtocheck]
Note: You must copy googlespell.bat to a different folder before making these changes because the one in your UDP installation folder may be overwritten by a future install.
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