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bug#2554: 23.0.90; How to set default ispell dictionary isn't documented
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#2554: 23.0.90; How to set default ispell dictionary isn't documented? |
Date: |
Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:40:51 +0200 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
> Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:39:28 -0500
> Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, 2554@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
>
> > I only use ispell for German, so it's inconvenient to use 'M-x
> > ispell-change-dictionary <RET> DICT <RET>' every time.
>
> > The manual (info "(emacs)Spelling") doesn't explain how to set default
> > ispell dictionary ('ispell-dictionary'?) for all buffers / for every
> > Emacs session.
>
> I believe the intention is that you should set the default dictionary
> outside of Emacs. Not sure how to do that, tho.
"man ispell" says to set the environment variable DICTIONARY.