Variable: ispell-program-name

ispell-program-name is a customizable variable defined in ispell.el.gz.

Value

"ispell"

Documentation

Program invoked by M-$ (ispell-word) and M-x ispell-region (ispell-region) commands.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el.gz
(defcustom ispell-program-name
  (or (executable-find "aspell")
      (executable-find "ispell")
      (executable-find "hunspell")
      ;; Enchant is commonly installed as `enchant-2', so use this
      ;; name and avoid old versions of `enchant'.
      (executable-find "enchant-2")
      "ispell")
  "Program invoked by \\[ispell-word] and \\[ispell-region] commands."
  :type 'string
  :set (lambda (symbol value)
         (set-default symbol value)
         (if (featurep 'ispell)
             (ispell-set-spellchecker-params))))