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Interactive spell-checking program for Unix

International Ispell is an interactive spell-checking program for Unix which supports a large number of European languages. An emacs interface is available as well as the standard command-line mode.

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How can I change the language in Emacs when using ispell?

I would like to use the ispell-buffer command in Emacs. It uses the English language by default. Is there an easy way to switch to another dictionary (for example, another language)?
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in Emacs flyspell-mode, how to add new word to dictionary?

In Aquamacs in flyspell-mode, when flyspell flags a word as misspelled, I can right-click to add the word to my dictionary if it is in fact correctly spelled. In GNU Emacs on OSX, when flyspell-mode highlights a word it thinks is misspelled, how can…
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How to remove an entry from ispell private dictionary?

I was wondering how could I remove one (wrongly inserted) entry/word from the ispell private-dictionary. EDIT after more digging i am still unable to delete entries from default dictionary, but I think the solution could be around buildhash program.…
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ispell in Emacs LaTeX mode

When I run Emacs command ispell-buffer on an Emacs buffer which is in the LaTeX mode, ispell checks spelling also inside math expressions. I'd very much like to disable this. Is there an easy way to do it? I've read about detex but detex does not…
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Where to find french dictionary for ispell?

I am editing documents in French with Emacs, ispell comes will English dictionary by default. When I try ispell-change-dictionary, it proposes francais-tex, francais7 and francais in the list. But after choosing anyone, and doing ispell-word, it…
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emacs 23.4 mouse-2 behaviour on OS-X 10.7

how to map mouse-2 (middle button click) to (cmd + click) or (ctrl+click) on OS X using trackpad so as to display a popup menu under flyspell-mode.
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How can I spell check for multiple languages in emacs?

I write mostly my documentation in HTML using emacs as my main editor. Emacs let you interactively spell-check the current buffer with the command ispell-buffer. Since I switch between a number of languages, I have an HTML comment at the end of the…
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Using ispell/aspell to spell check camelcased words

I need to spell check a large document containing many camelcased words. I want ispell or aspell to check if the individual words are spelled correctly. So, in case of this word: ScientificProgrezGoesBoink I would love to have it suggest this…
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How to set the ispell dictionary for all files below a specific directory

How do I (automatically) set the dictionary (e.g. through an automated call to ispell-change-dictionary) to a specific language for every file below a particular directory? Example: I'd prefer my standard directory language to be American English…
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Teach ispell multiple-word phrases

Can I teach ispell to accept specific phrases like et al., a priori or in vitro but to scold me when I use the words outside of these phrases, so that I don't use priori without the a before it? UPDATE simply adding the phrase to the private…
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How to remove a word from Aspell's British dictionary

When I check my texts with aspell (with the British dictionary), the word "froward" is accepted (because it is a real English word). However I never use it, so in my texts "froward" is always a misspelling of "forward". Therefore I want aspell to…
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Postgresql fulltext search for words with apostrophes

I'm working on building a customized ispell dictionary configuration for Postgresql 8.4 and am having some problems getting words with apostrophes in them to parse correctly. The ispell dictionaries included with Postgresql include an .affix files…
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Correctly saved words with german Umlaute in personal dictionary of hunspell not recognised as correct spelling by emacs ispell or flyspell

I have a perfectly working setup for hunspell with emacs (flyspell) using ("german” "[[:alpha:]]" "[^[:alpha:]]" "[']" t ("-d" "de_DE_frami" ) nil utf-8) as dictionary definition for ispell-dictionary-alist. German Umlaute are no problem as long…
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Am I using ispell or aspell, and where is the local dictionary saved?

When spell checking in Emacs, I am accustomed to using M-xispell to invoke the spell checker. I have read that some people have their Emacs configured so this invokes aspell rather than ispell (or hunspell, possibly). How can I tell whether I'm…
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where can I download the ispell *.dict and *.affix files?

I am quite new to postgresql full text search and I am setting up the configuration as where can I download the ispell *.dict and *.affix filefollowing (exactly as in docs): CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY english_ispell ( TEMPLATE = ispell, …
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