Index: head/deskutils/treeline/files/patch-source_spellcheck.py
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--- head/deskutils/treeline/files/patch-source_spellcheck.py	(revision 479098)
+++ head/deskutils/treeline/files/patch-source_spellcheck.py	(revision 479099)
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 The spelling engine is not configurable at runtime and the program uses the
 first one it comes across. This change sets a default to check first based
 on the engine selected in the port options.
 
 --- source/spellcheck.py.orig	2018-04-08 19:19:50 UTC
 +++ source/spellcheck.py
 @@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ class SpellCheckInterface:
                                ('ispell', ['-a -h -Tutf8', '-a']),
                                ('hunspell', ['-a -H -i utf-8'])])
          langPrefix = {'aspell': 'l', 'ispell': 'd', 'hunspell': 'd'}
 +        
 +        """Set the default engine and check it first
 +        """
-+        defaultEngine = 'hunspell'
++        defaultEngine = '%%SPELL_ENGINE%%'
 +        engineOptions.move_to_end(defaultEngine, last=False)
 +
          if spellPath:
              newEngineOptions = {}
              for engine in engineOptions.keys():