on Thu, 21 Nov 2002 06:07:59AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs insinuated: > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > so i've recently started writing emails in german, and would like > > to spellcheck them from within mutt, like i can using 'i' bound to > > ispell for english messages. however, piping it to `ispell -d > > deutsch` (which works from the command line, with a filename) at > > the send menu doesn't work. i've tried a few combinations thereof > > and checked out the manpages ... any tips from the > > Deutschsprachige out there? > > > > Hi, > > I asked the same question on the mutt user mailing list and this is the > answer they gave me for .muttrc: > > Ispell german and english dictionary > macro compose I '<enter-command>set ispell="/usr/bin/ispell -x -d >deutsch"<enter><ispell><enter-command>set ispell="/usr/bin/ispell"<enter>'
perfect -- exactly what I was looking for! thanks.
> Be sure to set the default dictionary to english or american with:
>
> update-ispell-dictionary
done, thanks.
> Actually I am using spellchecker within .muttrc like this:
>
> set ispell = /usr/lib/mutt/mailspell
what's that?
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