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- Subject: Re: I can't get Ispell to work with EMACS
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.131111.5201@gw.wmich.edu>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 13:11:11 EST
- References: <716203415snx@lancea.actrix.gen.nz> <1992Sep11.144321.2789@news.iastate.edu>
- Organization: Western Michigan University
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- In article <1992Sep11.144321.2789@news.iastate.edu>, jbhuber@iastate.edu (Joseph B Huber) writes:
- > In article <716203415snx@lancea.actrix.gen.nz> lance@lancea.actrix.gen.nz
- > (Lance Andrewes) writes:
- >
- >>I have installed Ispell v3.0.09 beta for OS/2 2.0 (downloaded
- >>from hobbes). It works fine in standalone mode, but I can't
- >>get it to work with emacs.
- >>[...]
- >>There are references to "egrep" and "look" in ISPELL.EL, but
- >>I take it these aren't required?
- >
- > I did not make a very clear point in readme1.doc. ispell.el is straight from
- > the Unix distribution, and I have made no modifications to it. I don't use
- > emacs, but I thought that this file might be helpful to emacs users. If you
- > want to use it, you will have to go in and convert all the Unix-isms to
- > something that will work under OS/2. Those references to 'egrep' and 'look'
- > probably need to be dealt with.
- >
- > I am emacs ignorant; if somebody wants to fix isepll.el to work under the OS/2
- > versions of emacs, please do so and send my a copy. I will include this fix in
- > the next release.
- >
- > There are some bugs in readme1.doc (as well as some nasty grammatical
- > mistakes):
- >
- > 1) You must set the TERM environment variable. readme1.doc says this is
- > optional.
- >
- > 2) To function properly, the temporary filename template cannot contain an
- > extension. The 'XXXXXX' should be the last part of the filename.
- >
- > 3) Disregard the babbling about loading ansi.sys. ANSI support is the default
- > for OS/2 2.0 command prompts. Type 'ANSI' at the OS/2 command prompt to see
- > the status of ANSI screen support. If it is not on, type 'ANSI ON' at the
- > command prompt, although it seems that Ispell automatically enables ANSI
- > support.
- >
- > There is a program bug concenring the default filenames. For now, if you
- > define all the keywords in ispell.cfg, things will work fine.
- >
- > I plan to upload another distribution in the next couple of days that fixes
- > these problems. I apologize for any inconvenience I have caused.
- >
- > Send all Ispell bugs/comments/suggestions to jbhuber@iastate.edu
- >
- > --
- > Joe Huber
- > (jbhuber@iastate.edu) | Capt. James T. Kirk on the 2nd law of thermo:
- > Dept. of Mech. Egr. | "It's not a hundred percent efficient,
- > Iowa State University | but nothing ever is."
-
- I just downloaded and installed your port of Ispell yesterday. This includes
- the ispell.el Emacs interface. I assumed from your readme file that you had
- not made any changes to it. This weekend I will make the modifications to
- the elisp code necessary for it to function under OS/2. On or about Monday I
- will upload the edited version to hobbes.
-
- As an aside, why is an 80x25 screen size hardcoded (I assume via termcap)
- into ispell? Wouldn't it make more sense to in a graphical environment to
- have a version that can sense and adapt to various configurations?
-
- /Doug
- --
- Douglas Clifton [99clifto@lab.cc.wmich.edu]
-