Re: [Aspell-user] change location of .aspell.XX.prepl files

[Kevin Atkinson]

On Sat, 17 Dec 2016, Fourhundred Thecat wrote:

> Hello,
>
> by default, the custom dictionary files are being created in:
>
>  $HOME/.aspell.XX.prepl
>
> I find this very unfortunate. There are much better places where to
> store custom dictionaries, maybe in ~/.local/share/ or even in
> ~/.config/ or anything that is not directly in $HOME/
>
> Is there any simple way to configure another location than
> ~/.aspell.XX.prepl ?

Yes, set "home-dir" to something else.  See the Aspell manual for how to 
change settings.  Also use "aspell dump config" to get a listing of all 
configuration variables.

> Would you please consider, for future releases, moving the default
> location somewhere else?

I might.  If you want you file an issue at 
https://github.com/gnuaspell/aspell.

Kevin