hallo paul, i followed your instructions and all works fine with spell checking. but if i test word completion with M-x ispell-complete-word (M-TAB doesn't works for me, because XP change the window with M-TAB) i get the following message apply: Searching for program: no such file or directory, egrep do you have any hint thanks christian p.s. is there an alternative for M-TAB for windows users
________________________________ Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] im Auftrag von [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Do 13.07.2006 15:56 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Betreff: RE: [h-e-w] Emacsw32 and spell-checking 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 Aspell does seem worryingly out of date, plus the documentation on EmacsWiki is incomplete - i.e. the steps should be 1.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. ==============================================================================
