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### 3.3 Using Aspell with other Applications

#### 3.3.1 With Emacs and XEmacs

The easiest way to use Aspell with Emacs or XEmacs is to add this line:

    (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell")

to the end of your `.emacs` file.

For some reason version 3.0 of ispell.el (the lisp program that (x)emacs uses) wants to reverse the suggestion list. To fix this add this line:

    (setq-default ispell-extra-args '("--reverse"))

after the previous line in your .emacs file and it should solve the problem.

Ispell.el, version 3.1 (December 1, 1998) and better, has the list reversing problem fixed. You can find it at http://www.kdstevens.com/~stevens/ispell-page.html.

#### 3.3.2 With LyX

Version 1.0 of LyX provides support for Aspell's learning from user's mistakes feature.

To use Aspell with LyX 1.0 either change the `spell_command` option in the `.lyxrc` file or use the `run-with-aspell` utility.

#### 3.3.3 With VIM

To use Aspell in VIM you simply need to add the following line to your `.vimrc` file:

    map ^T :w!<CR>:!aspell check %<CR>:e! %<CR>

I use `Ctrl-T` since that's the way you spell check in `pico`. In order to add a control character to your `.vimrc` you must type `Ctrl-v` first. In this case `Ctrl-v Ctrl-t`.

A more useful way to use Aspell, IMHO, is in combination with Newsbody (http://www.image.dk/~byrial/newsbody/) which is how I use it since VIM is my editor for my mailer and my news reader.

    map ^T\\1\\2<CR>:e! %<CR>
    map \\1 :w!<CR>
    map \\2 :!newsbody -qs -n % -p aspell check \\%f<CR>

#### 3.3.4 With Pine

To use Aspell in Pine simply change the option `speller` to

         aspell --mode=email check

To change the `speller` option go to the main menu. Type `S` for setup, `C` for config, then `W` for where is. Type in `speller` as the word to find. The speller option should be highlighted now. Hit enter, type in the above line, and hit enter again. Then type `E` for exit setup and `Y` to save the change.

If you have a strong desire to check other people's comments change `speller` to

         aspell check

instead which will avoid switching Aspell into email mode.