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docs(spell): can't add word to personal dict

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Adding `Cannot add [word] to any active dictionary` error to the
troubleshooting section.

I have had this problem multiple times now when I break my emacs and
wipe the `~/.config/emacs` directory and I can never remember what file
to create to get my spell check working properly.

Even though this is a bug and might be fixed in the future, I feel like
having it documented can be helpful in the short term and in the future.

Ref: #6246
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@ -208,6 +208,24 @@ installed, it will generate an empty word list, causing it to highlight all
words as incorrect. Delete its cache files in =$EMACSDIR/.local/etc/spell-fu/= words as incorrect. Delete its cache files in =$EMACSDIR/.local/etc/spell-fu/=
to fix this. to fix this.
** Cannot add [word] to any active dictionary
*** Aspell
If ~M-x +spell/add-word~ results in the above error this mean that the
personal dictionary file was not created for some reason. This can be
fixed by creating the required file manually.
#+begin_example shell
mkdir -p ~/.emacs.d/.local/etc/ispell
echo personal_ws-1.1 en 0 > ~/.emacs.d/.local/etc/ispell/.pws
#+end_example
Where ~personal_ws-1.1 en 0~ is the required header format for the personal
dictionary file. ~en~ is the language you're writing in and have a dict
installed and ~0~ is the number of added words in the dictionary. If you are
planning of updating the file with the list of words, update the number
accordingly.
After the file is created, restart emacs and adding words should work.
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