Variable: ispell-alternate-dictionary

ispell-alternate-dictionary is a customizable variable defined in ispell.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Alternate plain word-list dictionary for spelling help.

This is also used by ispell-lookup-words and ispell-complete-word.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el.gz
(defcustom ispell-alternate-dictionary
  (cond ((file-readable-p "/usr/dict/web2") "/usr/dict/web2")
	((file-readable-p "/usr/share/dict/web2") "/usr/share/dict/web2")
	((file-readable-p "/usr/dict/words") "/usr/dict/words")
	((file-readable-p "/usr/lib/dict/words") "/usr/lib/dict/words")
	((file-readable-p "/usr/share/dict/words") "/usr/share/dict/words")
	((file-readable-p "/usr/share/lib/dict/words")
	 "/usr/share/lib/dict/words")
	((file-readable-p "/sys/dict") "/sys/dict"))
  "Alternate plain word-list dictionary for spelling help.
This is also used by `ispell-lookup-words' and `ispell-complete-word'."
  :type '(choice file (const :tag "None" nil)))