From 4bdc86e7dff3d62275dd25606af344e77d059d16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:29:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify ispell use of multiple dictionaries. --- man/fixit.texi | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/fixit.texi b/man/fixit.texi index c21b2aa61cd..b272197ee1f 100644 --- a/man/fixit.texi +++ b/man/fixit.texi @@ -319,14 +319,18 @@ more quickly. If you want to get rid of the Ispell process, use process uses no time except when you do spelling correction. @vindex ispell-dictionary - Ispell uses two dictionaries: the standard dictionary and your private -dictionary. The variable @code{ispell-dictionary} specifies the file -name of the standard dictionary to use. A value of @code{nil} says to -use the default dictionary. The command @kbd{M-x -ispell-change-dictionary} sets this variable and then restarts the -Ispell subprocess, so that it will use a different dictionary. + Ispell uses two dictionaries together for spell checking: the +standard dictionary and your private dictionary. The variable +@code{ispell-dictionary} specifies the file name to use for the +standard dictionary; a value of @code{nil} selects the default +dictionary. The command @kbd{M-x ispell-change-dictionary} sets this +variable and then restarts the Ispell subprocess, so that it will use +a different standard dictionary. @vindex ispell-complete-word-dict - The dictionary used by @code{ispell-complete-word} can be -customized separately by setting the value of the variable -@code{ispell-complete-word-dict}. + Ispell uses a separate dictionary for word completion. The variable +@code{ispell-complete-word-dict} specifies the file name of this +dictionary. The completion dictionary must be different because it +cannot use employ root and affix information. For some languages +there is a spell checking dictionary but no word completion +dictionary.