Re: how do i switch languages with ispell??

[Torsten Reuss <t.reuss@gmx.net>]

Bruno Boettcher wrote:

> Hello
>
> i have to check texts in my 3 motherlanguages (de,fr,it)... at the
> moment i reinstall the package ispell each time i have a bunch in
> another language to check.. this isn't very practical....
>
>  
$ man ispell
         [...]
         -d file
                    Specify an alternate dictionary file.  For  
example,  use
                    -d  deutsch  to  choose  a  German dictionary in a 
German
                    installation.

> how come that the  dictionaries can't coexist??? what is the purpose to
> have a script to change the default dictionary if i can have only one
> installed at one moment????
>  
$ dpkg --list | grep ispell
ii  iamerican      3.1.20.0-1     An American English dictionary for ispell.
ii  igerman        2-13           The German dictionary for ispell.
ii  ingerman       20010414-0.1   New German orthography dictionary for 
ispell
ii  irussian       0.99f0-1       Russian dictionary for ispell
ii  ispell         3.1.20.0-1     International Ispell (an interactive 
spellin

ispell has one default language configured that it uses when you don't 
give it the "-d" switch. This is the one that is asked when you install 
a new language. Or does it really uninstall other languages when you 
install a new one? This would mean there is a bug in the packaging in 
unstable.

Regards,
            Torsten