<s>
GNU	B-Language
Aspell	I-Language
,	O
usually	O
called	O
just	O
Aspell	B-Language
,	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
designed	O
to	O
replace	O
Ispell	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
standard	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
GNU	I-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
compiles	B-Language
for	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
program	O
is	O
licensed	B-License
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
GNU	B-Application
LGPL	I-Application
)	O
,	O
the	O
documentation	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Free	I-Application
Documentation	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
GNU	B-Application
FDL	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Ispell	B-Application
,	O
Aspell	B-Language
can	O
easily	O
check	O
UTF-8	O
documents	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
special	O
dictionary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aspell	B-Language
will	O
also	O
do	O
its	O
best	O
to	O
respect	O
the	O
current	O
locale	B-Device
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
advantages	O
over	O
Ispell	B-Application
include	O
support	O
for	O
using	O
multiple	O
dictionaries	O
at	O
once	O
and	O
intelligently	O
handling	O
personal	O
dictionaries	O
when	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
Aspell	B-Language
process	O
is	O
open	O
at	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Ispell	B-Application
follows	O
the	O
Unix	O
convention	O
of	O
being	O
a	O
command	O
applied	O
to	O
a	O
file	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
,	O
whereas	O
Aspell	B-Language
requires	O
other	O
command-line	O
options	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
""	O
option	O
is	O
more	O
comprehensive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
latest	O
official	O
Windows	B-Application
port	O
of	O
GNU	B-Language
Aspell	I-Language
was	O
still	O
32-bit	O
version	O
0.50.3	O
(	O
Dec	O
2002	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
dictionaries	O
of	O
similar	O
age	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
says	O
he	O
has	O
"	O
no	O
time	O
and	O
very	O
little	O
interest	O
in	O
maintaining	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
port	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
looking	O
for	O
somebody	O
to	O
maintain	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	B-Language
LyX	I-Language
project	I-Language
maintains	O
a	O
separate	O
fork	O
of	O
Aspell	B-Language
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
dictionaries	O
,	O
and	O
says	O
"	O
the	B-Language
LyX	I-Language
project	I-Language
has	O
long	O
solved	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
packaging	O
problem	O
by	O
forking	O
Aspell.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
LyX	B-Language
is	O
being	O
maintained	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
is	O
2.3.0	O
,	O
dated	O
16	O
March	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
regularly	O
updated	O
Cygwin	B-Language
port	O
of	O
aspell	B-Language
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
it	O
latest	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aspell	B-Language
has	O
been	O
integrated	O
into	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Gajim	B-Language
,	O
LyX	B-Language
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
,	O
Claws	B-Language
Mail	I-Language
and	O
previously	O
Pidgin	B-Protocol
,	O
Opera	B-Application
,	O
gedit	B-Language
and	O
AbiWord	B-Language
.	O
</s>
