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Re: Changing the default spelling dictionary to British English
From: |
suvayu ali |
Subject: |
Re: Changing the default spelling dictionary to British English |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:03:58 -0800 |
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie> wrote:
> I can't seem to find any mention in the FAQ or on web sites about how to
> change the default spellcheck dictionary from American English to British
> English (permanently), and it doesn't seem to be a config option in the
> Emacs menus. I'm using Emacs 23 as shipped with Ubuntu 10.4 and the only
> check I run is M-x ispell-buffer RET
>
Earlier en_GB used to work but now you have to set something like this:
(setq ispell-dictionary "british")
or use customize:
M-x customize-variable RET ispell-dictionary RET
and choose.
> ///Peter
>
Hope this helps
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Suvayu
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