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Whenever I ispell-change-dictionary, I have to disable and re-enable flyspell-mode for flyspell to pick up the new dictionary.

Is there a way to automate this? It probably involves a post-command-hook, but I'm not sure how this works, especially the disabling and subsequent re-enabling.

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You can first check if there is a hook for this function and I found ispell-change-dictionary-hook

(defun restart-flyspell-mode ()
  (when flyspell-mode
    (flyspell-mode-off)
    (flyspell-mode-on)))
(add-hook 'ispell-change-dictionary-hook 'restart-flyspell-mode)

If there is not a hook, you can use advice-add like:

(defun restart-flyspell-mode (_dict &optional _arg)
  (when flyspell-mode
    (flyspell-mode-off)
    (flyspell-mode-on)))
(advice-add 'ispell-change-dictionary :after 'restart-flyspell-mode)
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  • Thanks a lot. I've tested the first snippet and it works. The additional info is very useful as well.
    – henning
    Mar 2, 2022 at 12:02
  • After restarting emacs a second time, I get the following error upon startup: "Symbol's value as variable is void: flyspell-delayed-commands". It's the same error, regardless of which snippet I use. Very strange.
    – henning
    Mar 2, 2022 at 22:48
  • I'm quite sure and I update my snippet to not toggle flyspell-mode unless enabled. Can you check if it's working? Mar 3, 2022 at 1:16
  • That did the trick!
    – henning
    Mar 3, 2022 at 9:04
  • Until it didn't, a few restarts later. Totally weird. emacs --debug-init doesn't help. it only says Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable flyspell-delayed-commands) #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x1556485a5645>)() funcall(#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x1556485a5645>)) mapc(funcall (#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x1556485a5645>))) and then gives the config file. So strange that it works only once.
    – henning
    Mar 3, 2022 at 10:33

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