Spell checking LaTeX documents

Question

What's the best strategy for spell checking LaTeX documents?

Answer 1

Spell-checking can commonly be handled by your text editor. I'm not sure what the windows LaTeX editors have, but it's common to use vi or emacs in linux, and the editor's spell checking is pretty sufficient. Also, because these editors are syntax-aware, your spell-checking can be as well.

Answer 2

It sort of depends on the system you're working on.

I'm using GNU/Linux and here aspell does a good job. For instance, to check test.tex in Danish, I would do like this from the terminal:

aspell -c test.tex -d da

On Ubuntu/Debian, this can be installed using:

sudo aptitude install aspell

Answer 3

I use a mac and I have cocoaspell, which works for the whole computer. As I use Aquamacs, I then enable flyspell (spell check on the fly), and it is all done!

Answer 4

There's a reasonable on-line spell-checker at Micro Spell.

Answer 5

detex doc.tex | spell