ENCHANT(1)                                             Enchant Mini Help File                                            ENCHANT(1)

NAME
       Enchant - a spellchecker

SYNOPSIS
       enchant [-a] [-d dict] [-h] [-l] [-L] [-v]

DESCRIPTION
       Enchant is an ispell-compatible spellchecker.

   OPTIONS
       -a     List suggestions in ispell pipe mode format.

       -d dict
              Use dictionary <dict>.

       -h     Show short help.

       -l     List only the misspellings.

       -L     Include the line number in the output.

       -v     Prints the program's version.

ENCHANT ORDERING FILE
       Enchant  has  a global and a per-user ordering file named enchant.ordering.  It lets the user specify which spelling backend
       to use for individual languages in the case when  you  care  which  backend  gets  used.  The  global  file  is  located  in
       $(datadir)/enchant and the per-user file is located in ~/.enchant.  The per-user file takes precedence, if found.

       The  ordering file takes the form language_tag:<comma-separated list of spelling backends>. I am currently aware of the fol‐
       lowing backends: aspell/pspell, myspell/hunspell, ispell, uspell, hspell, voikko, zemberek, and Apple  Spell  (macOS  only).
       '*' is used to mean "use this ordering for all languages, unless instructed otherwise." For example:

       *:aspell,myspell,ispell
       en:aspell,myspell,ispell
       en_GB:myspell,aspell,ispell
       fr:myspell,ispell:aspell

DIRECTORIES IMPORTANT TO ENCHANT
       Unless  configured  otherwise, Enchant's Myspell, Ispell, and Uspell backends will look for dictionaries in directories spe‐
       cific to Enchant, and will not use your system-wide installed dictionaries. This is for pragmatic reasons since many distri‐
       butions install these dictionaries into different locations.

       Like  the enchant.ordering file described above, Enchant looks in the global directory for these dictionaries and a per-user
       directory.  The  per-user  directory  takes  precedence  if  it  is  found.   Enchant  looks  for  Myspell  dictionaries  in
       $(datadir)/enchant/myspell  and  ~/.enchant/myspell.  Enchant looks for Ispell dictionaries in $(datadir)/enchant/ispell and
       ~/.enchant/ispell.  Enchant looks for Uspell dictionaries in $(datadir)/enchant/uspell and ~/.enchant/uspell.

       Packagers and users may wish to make symbolic links to the system-wide  dictionary  directories.  Or,  preferably,  use  the
       --with-myspell-dir, --with-ispell-dir, and --with-uspell-dir 'configure' arguments.

MORE INFORMATION
       http://www.abisource.com/enchant/

SEE ALSO
       aspell(1), ispell(1),

AUTHOR
        Dom Lachowicz
        WEB: http://www.abisource.com/enchant/
        MAIL: domlachowicz@gmail.com

enchant                                                      July 2006                                                   ENCHANT(1)

Usage: enchant [options] -a|-d dict|-l|-L|-m|-v[v]|<file>
        -a lists suggestions in ispell pipe mode format.
        -d dict uses dictionary <dict>.
        -h Show this help message.
        -l lists misspellings.
        -m is ignored.
        -L displays line numbers.
        -v displays program version.