SELECT-DEFAULT-ISPELL(8)

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version 1.31.4 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💅 SELECT-DEFAULT-ISPELL(8) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to select-default-ispell — section 8 of the manual, the system admin corner of the universe, and yes we're here to pick your default ispell dictionary. iconic behavior honestly. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

select-default-ispell — no cap, this is literally the program whose whole job is to select the default ispell dictionary. that's it. that's the gig. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

select-default-ispell [options]

Options (and listen, they're all long only options, no lil short ones, that's just the vibe):

--set-default='regexp' Try 'regexp' to get a single match and set
                       it as default. Fail otherwise.
--show-choices         Show available choices to STDERR and exit.
--debug                Enable debug mode

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like, this program? its entire main character energy is being responsible for selecting the default ispell dictionary. periodt. 💖

If --show-choices is used, it will just output a list of available choices to STDERR and exit. And bestie, do NOT try to use STDOUT here — you literally can't, because this program loads debconf, and debconf captures STDOUT. it's taken. it's not yours. 🙈

If --set-default is used, the program will try to get a single regexp match out of the available choices, and it fails if it doesn't get exactly one. and the order matters: it will try the case dependent match first, and only then the case independent one. slay. ✨

If --set-default is not used, this program will make debconf always ask the shared question about the default ispell dictionary to be used in your system, according to the ones that are actually installed. 🫶

In both cases, it will do the appropriate settings if needed. no skipping steps, we're thorough here. 💅

Oh and also — it calls update-default-ispell internally. just so you know. iykyk. 🔥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

  • The dictionaries-common policy document 📜

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

  • Rafael Laboissiere
  • Agustin Martin

and that's the whole page bestie, you ate it, go forth and select your dictionary with confidence 👑💖

this was select-default-ispell version 1.31.4, dated 2026-3-22 — mwah, bye!! 🎀✨🦋

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