Hi Eli, thanks for replying (sorry for delay I've been away). My original complaint was more to do with the lack of any obvious documentation in the EmacsW32 package (which, if I understand the concept, is an attempt to make as near as possible a simple windows installer package for Emacs) as to where to go to get either ispell or an ispell-compliant analogue such as aspell and then how to install it.
I sent the following to Lennart as my solution: -------------- Hi Lennart, I agree that it is not practical to bundle any solution into EmacsW32, given the size of necessary dictionary files (and of course each individual will want a different dictionary relevant to them) but the documentation needs to be clearer. Aspell does seem worryingly out of date, plus the documentation on EmacsWiki is incomplete - i.e. the steps should be 1. Locate and download pre-compiled 4 windows packages for aspell and relevant dictionary from http://aspell.net/win32/ 2. Run aspell installer then dictionary installer 3. add <install location>\Aspell\bin to PATH 4. add (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell") to your .emacs 5. restart emacs I would update the wiki, but I am really late and must rush. Thanks, Paul -----Original Message----- From: Eli Zaretskii [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 July 2006 19:24 To: Bowman, Paul (GT EA Database Services) Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Emacsw32 and spell-checking > Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 11:30:53 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So far I'm pretty happy with everything except the situation with > spell checking. Given that I use Emacs a lot for human text production > as well as code, I naturally need a spell checker pretty much straight > away, however Emacs32 out of the box just gives you a "Searching for program: > no such file or directory, ispell" error when you try to spell check. Spell-checking works for me with a Windows port of Ispell. I'm guessing you have some configuration problem (assuming you have some speller installed, that is). . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HBOS plc, Registered in Scotland No. SC218813. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. HBOS plc is a holding company, subsidiaries of which are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. ==============================================================================
