Subject: bug#46298: 28.0.50; Best default for ispell-program-name

From: Peter Oliver <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 13:11:26 +0000 (GMT)

On Sun, 7 Feb 2021, Richard Stallman wrote:

>  > Enchant does seem to be the more modern solution, so it might make sense
>  > to have Emacs give it priority.
>
> It seems to be a front end for various spell checkers including Ispell.
> Emacs already knows how to talk with them.
> Does Enchant offer any features of its own?

Emacs ispell.el supports only three spell checkers (plus Enchant), whereas Enchant knows how to talk to seven.  My understanding is that general-purpose spell checkers perform particularly badly with some languages, so it would be of particular benefit for languages for which Enchant supports a dedicated checker.

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Peter Oliver