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Questions tagged [hunspell]

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Spell check with multiple dictionaries

How can I use multiple dictionaries with the Emacs spell checker? Specifically I want to use a British English dictionary and a medical English dictionary at the same time.
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How do I set up hunspell on a Windows PC?

I have my hunspell dictionaries at C:\hunspell\. It contains .dic and .aff files for three languages: en_GB, en_US, and nb_NO. The descriptions I find on the web about how to make hunspell work in Emacs make me confused. What is the minimum code I…
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how to install Aquamacs' OSX spellchecker (NSSpellChecker) in GNU Emacs?

Spellcheck in Aquamacs works much better than either the default aspell or the improved hunspell. Example typo: whtehr Here are the suggestions provided by the various engines when I do flyspell-auto-correct-word. Aspell: Corrections: whiter water…
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Ispell + Hunspell recognizes everything after the apostrophe a different word

I'm using flyspell-mode with ispell and hunspell - as the dictionary backend, the problem is: if I type a word, for example you've or you're it recognizes ve and re as individual words. I want to fix that so it recognizes apostrophes as part of…
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How to speed up flyspell-mode?

When flyspell-mode is active, typing is somewhat – although barely noticeable – more sluggish than without, also marking of words. Is it possible to somehow speed up flyspell-mode, maybe make it not check as frequently? I’m running GNU Emacs 24.5.1…
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Where is `personal dictionary` for `ispell` located?

C-h v ispell-personal-dictionary shows nil. Its docstring says: Documentation: File name of your personal spelling dictionary, or nil. If nil, the default personal dictionary for your spelling checker is used. My spellchecker is hunpsell,…
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ispell-phaf no matching entry for en_Gb after update to macOS Sierra

I have update to macOS Sierra after witch spelling in Emacs is broken. The error I get is (ispell-phaf: No matching entry for en_GB in ´ispell-hunspell-dict-paths-alist´) I have both install aspell and hunspell via homebrew, I have the following…
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Error enabling flyspell mode in Emacs

I use flyspell hunspell for checking my spelling mistakes in Emacs. Recently, when I run M-x flyspell-mode in .org or .tex files I got the following error: Error enabling Flyspell mode: (hunspell exited with signal Abort trap: 6) I didn't get…
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Improving spell correction

I'm currently using Flyspell to auto-correct the previous word as I type, which is convenient. However, the spell-checker I use, Hunspell, makes some strange decisions. For example, the misspelled word "hte" is corrected in the following…
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Activating Hunspell or Aspell on MacOS

Sorry, newbie question: I am trying to get spell checking to work in emacs on MacOSX 12.3.1 I installed emacs-plus as well as Aspell via Homebrew. I then added the following lines to my .emacs (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'flyspell-mode) I also added…
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How to install spell-check in emacs 27.1?

I got a new laptop and installed new emacs (27.1) for windows 10. Now, I am back to the battle to get the spell check working in emacs. I am kicking myself for not saving the path to victory last time. When I followed the…
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ispell personal dictionary for multiple languages

I use hunspell for spellchecking. When I switch dictionaries (e.g., from en_US to hu_HU), I cannot save personal words to my personal dictionary. Emacs complains that ispell-init-process: Error: Expected language "hu" but got "en". I assume…
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Writing on Emacs: Spell + Grammar + More checking?

There is something I never found how to manage correctly on Emacs: advance spell checking. I know that a lot of modes allow spell check (flyspell, hunspell...) but what I really wonder is: is it possible to reach a Microsoft Word spell/grammar…
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flyspell does not start form the first try

I used flyspell-mode with aspell backend before, but now I want to make the transition to the hunspell so that I could use multiple dictionaries. To do so, I added the following lines to the init.el: (setq ispell-program-name "hunspell") (setq…
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Ispell not working with Hunspell

I am unable to use Ispell, after the upgrade to Hunspell 1.7.0. It seems that the "-D" option does not return the loaded dictionary, therefore the function ispell-find-hunspell-dictionaries fails. Calling a fake file (null device) seems to return…
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