>>> "UB" == Uwe Brauer writes: >> If it's really Ispell that you are using (not Aspell or Hunspell that >> pretend to be Ispell), then you cannot use UTF-8, because Ispell >> doesn't support it. You must use 8-bit encoding such as Latin-1. > Ok I used (setq ispell-program-name "ispell") > I tried now tried out aspell but then I receive > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Error: The file \"/usr/lib/aspell/deutsch\" can not be opened for reading.") > signal(error ("Error: The file \"/usr/lib/aspell/deutsch\" can not be opened for reading.")) > error("%s" "Error: The file \"/usr/lib/aspell/deutsch\" can not be opened for reading.") > ispell-init-process() > ispell-buffer-local-words() > ispell-accept-buffer-local-defs() > flyspell-accept-buffer-local-defs() > flyspell-word() > flyspell-post-command-hook() > Hm I think I stick with latin-1. Another problem, now changed to latin-1 I receive an error using latin-1 Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error #("@(#) International Ispell Version 3.4.06 30 Oct 20..." 0 52 (charset iso-8859-1) 53 98 (charset iso-8859-1) 100 144 (charset iso-8859-1) 146 190 (charset iso-8859-1) 192 238 (charset iso-8859-1) 240 284 (charset iso-8859-1) 286 329 (charset iso-8859-1) 331 376 (charset iso-8859-1) 378 422 (charset iso-8859-1) 424 468 (charset iso-8859-1) 470 516 (charset iso-8859-1) 518 562 (charset iso-8859-1) 564 607 (charset iso-8859-1))) signal(error (#("@(#) International Ispell Version 3.4.06 30 Oct 20..." 0 52 (charset iso-8859-1) 53 98 (charset iso-8859-1) 100 144 (charset iso-8859-1) 146 190 (charset iso-8859-1) 192 238 (charset iso-8859-1) 240 284 (charset iso-8859-1) 286 329 (charset iso-8859-1) 331 376 (charset iso-8859-1) 378 422 (charset iso-8859-1) 424 468 (charset iso-8859-1) 470 516 (charset iso-8859-1) 518 562 (charset iso-8859-1) 564 607 (charset iso-8859-1)))) error("%s" #("@(#) International Ispell Version 3.4.06 30 Oct 20..." 0 52 (charset iso-8859-1) 53 98 (charset iso-8859-1) 100 144 (charset iso-8859-1) 146 190 (charset iso-8859-1) 192 238 (charset iso-8859-1) 240 284 (charset iso-8859-1) 286 329 (charset iso-8859-1) 331 376 (charset iso-8859-1) 378 422 (charset iso-8859-1) 424 468 (charset iso-8859-1) 470 516 (charset iso-8859-1) 518 562 (charset iso-8859-1) 564 607 (charset iso-8859-1))) ispell-init-process() ispell-buffer-local-words() ispell-accept-buffer-local-defs() flyspell-accept-buffer-local-defs() flyspell-word() flyspell-post-command-hook() run-hooks(post-command-hook) -- I strongly condemn Hamas heinous despicable pogroms/atrocities on Israel I strongly condemn Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine. I support to deliver weapons to Ukraine's military. I support the EU and NATO membership of Ukraine.