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= Basic setup =
 
= Basic setup =
  
You can use either '''aspell''' or '''hunspell'''.
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You need to install either '''aspell''' or '''hunspell'''.  
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== On GNU/Linux  ==
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Links to pre compiled binaries are dead at time of writing.
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I got RPMs from
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[http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Factory/noarch/
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openSUSE], but hunspell.exe aborted after not finding a dll file.
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After that dll was added, another dll was not found. I gave up after
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several iterations. This was with
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mingw32-hunspell-1.3.2-1.98.noarch.rpm and later
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mingw32-hunspell-1.3.2-1.99.noarch.rpm (and associated lang and tools
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RPMs). Windows users be aware of this.
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= Useful commands =
 
= Useful commands =
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(message "You can also do this customization")
 
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= [[GNU/Linux]] =
 
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== GNU/Linux Notes 1 ==
 
== GNU/Linux Notes 2 ==
 
 
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Links to precompiled binaries are dead at time of writing.
 
 
I got RPMs from [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Factory/noarch/ openSUSE], but hunspell.exe aborted after not finding a dll file. After that dll was added, another dll was not found. I gave up after several iterations. This was with mingw32-hunspell-1.3.2-1.98.noarch.rpm  and later mingw32-hunspell-1.3.2-1.99.noarch.rpm (and associated lang and tools RPMs).
 
Windows users be aware of this.
 
 
  
 
= Project Pages =
 
= Project Pages =
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://emacswiki.org/emacs/InteractiveSpell Emacswiki:InteractiveSpell]
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* [http://emacswiki.org/emacs/InteractiveSpell Emacswiki:InteractiveSpell]
  
  
 
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Revision as of 18:55, 29 March 2012

Spell Checking is done by Emacs by calling external spell checkers.

Basic setup

You need to install either aspell or hunspell.

On GNU/Linux

Links to pre compiled binaries are dead at time of writing.

I got RPMs from [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Factory/noarch/ openSUSE], but hunspell.exe aborted after not finding a dll file. After that dll was added, another dll was not found. I gave up after several iterations. This was with mingw32-hunspell-1.3.2-1.98.noarch.rpm and later mingw32-hunspell-1.3.2-1.99.noarch.rpm (and associated lang and tools RPMs). Windows users be aware of this.


Useful commands

M-x ispell-change-dictionary RET SPC
Check list of installed dictionaries.
M-x customize-variable RET ispell-dictionary
Configure default dictionary.
M-x add-file-local-variable RET ispell-dictionary RET TAB
Use this to change dictionary on per-file basis. This command will add this line to the file in question. Please save and re-load the file for new settings to take effect.
  -*- ispell-dictionary: "english" -*-


Common Customization

Hunspell

You need dictionary files for spell check to work. If you have installed OpenOffice or LibreOffice, then dictionary files are already there.

(setq-default ispell-program-name "hunspell")

Customization 2

(message "You can also do this customization")

Project Pages

International Ispell
Official Home page and lots of dictionaries


Tutorial Pages

Spell checker problems
Xahlee's notes and tutorials

External Links