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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