From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: ispell file-error "Setting current directory" Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:23:54 GMT Message-ID: References: <87vfd13sn1.fsf@jidanni.org> <874qk7zubd.fsf@jidanni.org> <318v30F39fheqU1@individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1102360858 24763 80.91.229.6 (6 Dec 2004 19:20:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 19:20:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 06 20:20:52 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CbOPk-0003Wi-00 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 20:20:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CbOZU-0000F0-MN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:30:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CbOZS-0000Ev-6r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:30:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CbOZR-0000Ej-NO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:30:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CbOZR-0000Eg-Eh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:30:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.239.1.60] (helo=mailbox8.ucsd.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CbOPL-0001eL-DZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:20:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailboy.risq.qc.ca (mailboy.risq.CA [192.26.210.45]) by mailbox8.ucsd.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iB6JKIi5073930 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:20:18 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from charlie.risq.qc.ca (unknown [192.26.210.24]) by mailboy.risq.qc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE2579DF for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:20:13 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from charlie.risq.qc.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by charlie.risq.qc.ca (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iB6JNtJh017466 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:23:55 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by charlie.risq.qc.ca (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id iB6JNs1S017465; Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:23:54 -0500 (EST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: 53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DiEV+AsAWii+R186xZ4oF6Uf2d4= Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.84 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1102361034 132.204.24.84 (Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:23:54 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:23:54 EST X-Spamscanner: mailbox8.ucsd.edu (v1.5 Dec 3 2004 17:34:44, 0.0/5.0 3.0.0) X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.8 56622 iB6JKIi5073930 mailbox8.ucsd.edu) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:9952 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:9952 K> please report what these commands display: >> I would but Stallman emailed me this patch meaning it's probably fixed >> now. Maybe next time I should forward these pacthes to the list, who >> are in much better position to test them than I, and who should know >> that a fix has already been found. >> *** ispell.el 01 Nov 2004 13:20:28 -0500 1.149 >> --- ispell.el 23 Nov 2004 17:04:09 -0500 >> *************** >> *** 769,774 **** >> --- 769,776 ---- >> (if buf (kill-buffer buf))) >> (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *ispell-tmp*")) >> (erase-buffer) >> + (unless (file-exists-p default-directory) >> + (setq default-directory (expand-file-name "~/"))) >> (setq status (call-process >> ispell-program-name nil t nil >> ;; aspell doesn't accept the -vv switch. > That's not a fix, it's a workaround. The bug that sets default-directory > to something other than a directory still exists. No I think it's a fix. `ispell' does not need to run in any particular directory (i.e. it doesn't have to run in the directory of the file on which you're working). `default-directory' can be validly set to a non-existent directory (either because it hasn't been made yet, or because it's on a remote host, or ...). So you may as well run ispell in ~/ and get on with your life. Stefan