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Spell-Checking in Aquamacs

Aquamacs provides advanced spell-checking with high-quality dictionaries in more than 85 languages.

Spell-Checking is distributed separately from the main download, so you only need to download and install the dictionaries that you actually need. (If you already have Aspell or Ispell installed, e.g. via MacPorts, Aquamacs will automatically use that program and its dictionaries for spell-checking.)

You can either install

• CocoAspell, a spell-checker that integrates with OS X and provides the same high-quality dictionaries in other OS X applications. A preference pane allows you to choose which installed dictionaries/variants are available in applications like Aquamacs.
• Additional dictionaries as needed. CocoAspell comes with an English dictionary; other languages can be obtained from the GNU Project. Downloads require simple installation as explained here.

Or, just install

• The base package Aspell for either PowerPC (download 1.1MB) or Intel (download 3.0MB) Macs.
• One or more pre-built dictionaries. Currently, only English is available, for either PowerPC (download 217K) or Intel (download 217K).

Installer packages designed by Anton Leuski at USC. Aspell is a spell-checking engine provided by the GNU Project. If you can produce installer packages for other languages, please help the Aquamacs project by contributing.