Enchant doesn't seem to be reading `enchant.ordering`

Question

I have installed enchant on my macbook. I would like to only use AppleSpell for all languages and have therefore created the file ~/.config/enchant/enchant.ordering which looks like this ->

> cat ~/.config/enchant/enchant.ordering 
*:AppleSpell

Yet running enchant-lsmod-2 shows that aspell is still selected and has precedence over AppleSpell ->

> enchant-lsmod-2
aspell (Aspell Provider)
AppleSpell (AppleSpell Provider)

What gives? How do I get enchant to read the config file such that it defaults to AppleSpell on mac?

Answer 1

I am having the exact same issue on OSX. I also tried adding hunspell to enchant.ordering, but enchant-lsmod-2 is still only reporting:

$ enchant-lsmod-2
aspell (Aspell Provider)
AppleSpell (AppleSpell Provider)

I did, however, find OP's issue in enchant's github repo. Since I also wanted to add nb_NO the solution provided there was directly applicable.
github issue

To break it down, here's what I did:

1. Navigate to the enchant install directory and edit the AppleSpell.config file.
   • For me it was located at /usr/local/Cellar/enchant/2.5.0/share/enchant/AppleSpell.config
2. Append nb_NO no Norsk Bokmål to the file.
3. Great success, I can now spell check my Norwegian.

However, I have not been able to get it to acknowledge hunspell at all on OSX.