Hi Gus,

Thanks, that's helpful. I'll try Aspell on my Linux system also. My
Knoppix CD is in high demand - I've already given it to another friend
and I have another one waiting to try it out! Must order some more...

- mark a. bell
http://www.users.bigpond.com/m487396

> > Can anyone think of a work around to get English Ispell under
> Knoppix? 
> 
> If the american (or british, even better) ispell dictionary isn't
> installed, you'll need to install it ("iamerican" or "ibritish"
> packages).
> 
> 
> If you get around to doing a harddisk install, consider switching to
> "aspell" - it gives much better suggestions than ispell, and is
> mostly
> a drop-in replacement.  I have this in my ~/.xemacs/init.el:
>  ;; use aspell
>  (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell"
>              ispell-local-dictionary "british")
> 
> -- 
>  - Gus


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mark a. bell
http://www.users.bigpond.com/m487396

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