Run flyspell-buffer automatically after emacs loads a (tex)-file

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I want to load flyspell-mode and execute flyspell-buffer automatically after emacs loaded a tex file. I tried the following which loads flyspell-mode but doesn't seem to execute flyspell-buffer. What would be the proper way to to this? How do I have to change it if I want it on every file not just on LaTeX-files?

(setq ispell-program-name "hunspell")
(setq ispell-local-dictionary "de_DE")
(setq ispell-local-dictionary-alist
      '(("de_DE" "[[:alpha:]]" "[^[:alpha:]]" "[']" nil nil nil utf-8)
    ("en_US" "[[:alpha:]]" "[^[:alpha:]]" "[']" nil nil nil utf-8)
    ))


(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'turn-on-flyspell)
(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'flyspell-buffer)

I have similar problems, flyspell checks for errors but asynchronously (it does not immediately flag errors but only if I scroll to a nearby location).
Maybe you can try one from the following to see if it helps: find-file-hooks, after-save-hook, before-save-hook, and auto-save-hook?

I have the following but it is often very slow: (add-hook 'before-save-hook #'flyspell-buffer). — Swarnendu Biswas, Feb 10 '16 at 17:36
@student See http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/3595/when-to-sharp-quote-a-lambda-expression — JeanPierre, Feb 10 '16 at 19:28
@student This post explains why is it beneficial to sharp-quote symbols that are functions http://endlessparentheses.com/get-in-the-habit-of-using-sharp-quote.html. — Swarnendu Biswas, Feb 11 '16 at 17:15

vitaminace33 · Answer 1 · 2019-07-27T21:15:16.640

It suffices to properly choose and trickily chain hooks.

(add-hook 'text-mode-hook #'flyspell-mode)
(add-hook 'flyspell-mode-hook #'flyspell-local-vars)
(defun flyspell-local-vars ()
  (add-hook 'hack-local-variables-hook #'flyspell-buffer))

text-mode-hook: executed by text major-modes hooks like those of all TeX variants, e.g. latex-mode-hook.
flyspell-mode-hook: executed after flyspell minor-mode is loaded, however before local variables have been processed, hence the flyspell-local-vars trick.
hack-local-variables-hook: executed after local variables have been processed.

(add-hook 'flyspell-mode-hook #'flyspell-buffer) would do the job, but it would use the default dictionary.

The last add-hook should be local otherwise flyspell-buffer will be run on all buffer you open after opening a text-mode buffer. IOW it should be (add-hook 'hack-local-variables #'flyspell-buffer nil 'local). — Stefan, Apr 25 '20 at 11:34

Run flyspell-buffer automatically after emacs loads a (tex)-file

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