Spell checking package after ispell

Spell checking package after ispell

[uzibalqa]

Ispell is one of the older spell-checking packages and was the default spell-checker
in Emacs before version 25.  Is there a better alternative these days, and how do I 
use it?

Re: Spell checking package after ispell

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:13:56 +0000
> From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
> 
> 
> Ispell is one of the older spell-checking packages and was the default spell-checker
> in Emacs before version 25.  Is there a better alternative these days

My recommendation is to use Hunspell.

> and how do I use it?

Just install it and make sure it's on PATH.  If you also have Ispell
on PATH, then either uninstall Ispell or customize the variable
ispell-program-name to name Hunspell as the spell-checking program.

Re: Spell checking package after ispell

[Rudolf Adamkovič]

uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me> writes:

> Ispell is one of the older spell-checking packages and was the default
> spell-checker in Emacs before version 25.  Is there a better
> alternative these days, and how do I use it?

I have been using GNU Aspell for last couple
of years, and I must say that it works well.

That said, the default word-list used by
Aspell, which is SCOWL (Spell Checker
Oriented Word Lists), is not super-large,
which is why I have 1255 custom words in my
personal dictionary, as of today.

Rudy
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