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<h3 class="section">3.3 Using Aspell with other Applications</h3>
<h4 class="subsection">3.3.1 With Emacs and XEmacs</h4>
<p>The easiest way to use Aspell with Emacs or XEmacs is to add this
line:
<pre class="verbatim">
(setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell")
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<p>to the end of your <samp><span class="file">.emacs</span></samp> file.
<p>For some reason version 3.0 of ispell.el (the lisp program that
(x)emacs uses) wants to reverse the suggestion list. To fix this add
this line:
<pre class="verbatim">
(setq-default ispell-extra-args '("--reverse"))
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<p>after the previous line in your .emacs file and it should solve the problem.
<p>Ispell.el, version 3.1 (December 1, 1998) and better, has the list
reversing problem fixed. You can find it at
<a href="http://www.kdstevens.com/~stevens/ispell-page.html">http://www.kdstevens.com/~stevens/ispell-page.html</a>.
<h4 class="subsection">3.3.2 With LyX</h4>
<p>Version 1.0 of LyX provides support for Aspell's learning from user's
mistakes feature.
<p>To use Aspell with LyX 1.0 either change the <samp><span class="option">spell_command</span></samp>
option in the <samp><span class="file">.lyxrc</span></samp> file or use the <samp><span class="command">run-with-aspell</span></samp>
utility.
<h4 class="subsection">3.3.3 With VIM</h4>
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<p>To use Aspell in VIM you simply need to add the following line to your
<samp><span class="file">.vimrc</span></samp> file:
<pre class="verbatim">
map ^T :w!<CR>:!aspell check %<CR>:e! %<CR>
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<p>I use <kbd>Ctrl-T</kbd> since that's the way you spell check in
<samp><span class="command">pico</span></samp>. In order to add a control character to your
<code>.vimrc</code> you must type <kbd>Ctrl-v</kbd> first. In this case
<kbd>Ctrl-v Ctrl-t</kbd>.
<p>A more useful way to use Aspell, IMHO, is in combination with Newsbody
(<a href="http://www.image.dk/~byrial/newsbody/">http://www.image.dk/~byrial/newsbody/</a>) which is how I use it
since VIM is my editor for my mailer and my news reader.
<pre class="verbatim">
map ^T\\1\\2<CR>:e! %<CR>
map \\1 :w!<CR>
map \\2 :!newsbody -qs -n % -p aspell check \\%f<CR>
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<h4 class="subsection">3.3.4 With Pine</h4>
<p>To use Aspell in Pine simply change the option <samp><span class="option">speller</span></samp> to
<pre class="example"> aspell --mode=email check
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<p>To change the <samp><span class="option">speller</span></samp> option go to the main menu. Type
<kbd>S</kbd> for <em>setup</em>, <kbd>C</kbd> for <em>config</em>, then <kbd>W</kbd> for
<em>where is</em>. Type in <kbd>speller</kbd> as the word to find. The
speller option should be highlighted now. Hit enter, type in the
above line, and hit enter again. Then type <kbd>E</kbd> for <em>exit
setup</em> and <kbd>Y</kbd> to save the change.
<p>If you have a strong desire to check other people's comments change
<samp><span class="option">speller</span></samp> to
<pre class="example"> aspell check
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<p class="noindent">instead which will avoid switching Aspell into email mode.
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