# Spell Checking #

Potato currently uses ASpell for spell checking. Currently, spell checking is available on demand via the Edit menu; there is no support for as-you-type spell checking (with the red squiggly underlines).

## Installing ASpell ##

### Windows ###

On Windows, you'll need to download and install both the **Full Installer** and the **aspell-en.exe** files from the [ASpell Win32 webpage](http://aspell.net/win32/). After installing both, go to [Options → Configure Program](ConfigurePotato), select Misc Settings, and set the ASpell Executable option to the path to your aspell.exe - for me, the path was `C:\Program Files (x86)\Aspell\bin\aspell.exe`. After that, spell checking should be enabled in the Edit menu.

### Linux and Mac OS X ###
You can either obtain ASpell from your OS's package manager, or download and compile it yourself from the [ASpell website](http://aspell.net/) (full instructions are available on their site), then set the [ASpell Executable](ConfigurePotato) option in Potato to the aspell executable as mentioned above.

If anyone has more detailed instructions for installed ASpell on these platforms, please [let me know](ContactMe) and I'll include them here.