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50 <h3 class="section">5.8 Using Multi Dictionaries</h3>
52 <p>As with previous versions of Aspell you can specify the main
53 dictionary to use via the <samp><span class="option">-d</span></samp> or <samp><span class="option">--master</span></samp> option.
54 However as of <acronym>Aspell .32</acronym> you can now also:
57 <li>Specify more than word list to use with the
58 <samp><span class="option">extra-dicts</span></samp> option.
60 <li>Specify special <em>multi</em> dictionaries.
63 <p>The <samp><span class="option">extra-dicts</span></samp> is a list option. To add a dictionary use
64 <samp><span class="option">add-extra-dicts</span></samp> or to remove a dictionary from the list
65 use <samp><span class="option">rem-extra-dicts</span></samp>.
67 <p>A <em>multi</em> dictionary is a special file which is basically a list
68 of dictionary files to use. A <em>multi</em> dictionary must end in
69 <samp><span class="file">.multi</span></samp> and has roughly the same format as a configuration file
70 with the only accepted key being <samp><span class="option">add</span></samp>.