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I tried to set up ispell to use hunspell with this post.

but it seems like ispell is still not using hunspell.

Ispell in Emacs would mark this word as wrong: Schulwochen (German)

$ hunspell -d de_DE Hunspell 1.7.0 Schulwochen -

So I guess ispell is nor using hunspell.
Since other German word appear correct in emacs ispell, I am pretty sure ispell is using a German dictionary.

config.el

[...] (setq ispell-program-name (executable-find "/usr/bin/hunspell") ispell-dictionary "de_DE")

init.el

[...] (setq ispell-program-name "hunspell") (setq ispell-local-dictionary "de_DE") (setq ispell-local-dictionary-alist '(("de_DE" "[[:alpha:]]" "[^[:alpha:]]" "[']" nil nil nil utf-8)))

OS: Fedora
Emacs: Doom

~> ispell -vv @(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.60.8) ~> hunspell -vv @(#) International Ispell Version 3.2.06 (but really Hunspell 1.7.0)

This might be the problem but I could not find a way to update ispell.

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  • What does C-h v ispell-program-name say? Commented Jan 1, 2023 at 17:29
  • Your right. Something did not work. Value "aspell" Commented Jan 1, 2023 at 18:53
  • The given code is: ` (or (executable-find "enchant-2") (executable-find "hunspell") (executable-find "aspell") (executable-find "ispell") ` Commented Jan 1, 2023 at 19:00

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Try adding the following to your init file:

(eval-after-load 'ispell (setq ispell-program-name (executable-find "hunspell") ispell-dictionary "de_DE"))

and check with C-h v ispell-program-name after you restart emacs.

This should make sure that you get the final word on setting ispell-program-name.

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  • The Value is still aspell. I made sure that "exe-path" was correct and my emacs installation was no flatpak, but still emacs seem unable to find hunspell and enchant-2 Commented Jan 2, 2023 at 9:30
  • Can you uninstall aspell temporarily? If that is feasible, you can start emacs and see if it finds hunspell instead. Commented Jan 2, 2023 at 10:38
  • This worked. Its now using hunspell. Could you add this to your answer and I check it. Commented Jan 4, 2023 at 12:03
  • Will do - it's a half-measure however so I want to do some testing first and then think about how to phrase it. Commented Jan 4, 2023 at 12:52

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