installing ispell by emacs on microsoft system

installing ispell by emacs on microsoft system

[David R]

I load ispell.el via .emacs
whenever I try to use an ispell function it say in minibuffer "searching 
for program : no such file or directory, ispell"
So I got the source  ispell-3.3.02
unpacked it
had to do chmod 755 pc/makeemx.bat
ran the .bat script which eli provided
what I got follows. Do I need to get emx?  where can I find the tarball? 
should I try to get djgpp?


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>set CC=gcc



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>set CFLAGS=-O



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>set REGLIB=-lregexp



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>set TERMLIB=-ltermcap



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>set YACC=yacc



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>copy language\english\msgs.h

The system cannot find the path specified.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>copy pc\local.emx local.h

         1 file(s) copied.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>copy config.x config.h

         1 file(s) copied.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c buildhas.c

gcc: buildhas.c: No such file or directory
gcc: no input files


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c correct.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from correct.c:204:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from correct.c:204:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory
correct.c:207:18: error: msgs.h: No such file or directory
correct.c: In function 'givehelp':
correct.c:272: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_1' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:272: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
correct.c:272: error: for each function it appears in.)
correct.c:273: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_2' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:274: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_3' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:275: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_4' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:276: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_5' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:277: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_6' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:278: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_7' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:279: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_8' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:280: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_9' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:282: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_COMMANDS' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
correct.c:285: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_R_CMD' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:286: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_BLANK' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:287: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_A_CMD' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:288: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_I_CMD' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:289: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_U_CMD' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:290: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_0_CMD' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:291: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_L_CMD' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:292: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_X_CMD' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:294: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_Q_CMD' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:296: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_BANG' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:297: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_REDRAW' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:298: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_SUSPEND' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
correct.c:299: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_HELP' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:305: error: 'CORR_C_HELP_TYPE_SPACE' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
correct.c: In function 'checkfile':
correct.c:395: error: 'CORR_C_SHORT_SOURCE' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
correct.c: In function 'correct':
correct.c:439: error: 'CORR_C_FILE_LABEL' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:441: error: 'CORR_C_READONLY' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:509: error: 'CORR_C_MINI_MENU' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:528: error: 'CORR_C_CONFIRM_QUIT' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
correct.c:598: error: 'CORR_C_REPLACE_WITH' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
correct.c:615: warning: passing argument 1 of 'printf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast
correct.c:666: error: 'CORR_C_LOOKUP_PROMPT' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
correct.c: In function 'askmode':
correct.c:1666: error: 'CANT_CREATE' undeclared (first use in this function)
correct.c: In function 'regex_dict_lookup':
correct.c:1939: error: 'CORR_C_MORE_PROMPT' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
correct.c:1949: error: 'CORR_C_BLANK_MORE' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
correct.c:1956: error: 'CORR_C_END_LOOK' undeclared (first use in this 
function)


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c defmt.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from defmt.c:201:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from defmt.c:201:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory
defmt.c:204:18: error: msgs.h: No such file or directory
defmt.c: In function 'skiptoword':
defmt.c:425: error: 'DEFMT_C_TEX_MATH_ERROR' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
defmt.c:425: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
defmt.c:425: error: for each function it appears in.)
defmt.c: In function 'checkline':
defmt.c:693: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer from 
integer without a cast
defmt.c: In function 'TeX_LR_check':
defmt.c:1016: error: 'DEFMT_C_LR_MATH_ERROR' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
defmt.c: In function 'init_keyword_table':
defmt.c:1276: error: 'DEFMT_C_NO_SPACE' undeclared (first use in this 
function)


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c dump.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from dump.c:66:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from dump.c:66:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c exp_table.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from exp_table.c:28:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from exp_table.c:28:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory
exp_table.c:30:18: error: msgs.h: No such file or directory
exp_table.c: In function 'add_expansion_copy':
exp_table.c:110: error: 'TGOOD_C_NO_SPACE' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
exp_table.c:110: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
exp_table.c:110: error: for each function it appears in.)


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c fields.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from fields.c:47:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from fields.c:47:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c good.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from good.c:96:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from good.c:96:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c hash.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from hash.c:68:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from hash.c:68:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c icombine.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from icombine.c:88:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from icombine.c:88:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory
icombine.c:91:18: error: msgs.h: No such file or directory
icombine.c: In function 'main':
icombine.c:169: error: 'ICOMBINE_C_BAD_TYPE' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
icombine.c:169: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
icombine.c:169: error: for each function it appears in.)
icombine.c: In function 'usage':
icombine.c:184: error: 'ICOMBINE_C_USAGE' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
icombine.c: In function 'combinedict':
icombine.c:225: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast
icombine.c:232: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c ijoin.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from ijoin.c:118:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from ijoin.c:118:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c ispell.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from ispell.c:227:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from ispell.c:227:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory
ispell.c:231:18: error: msgs.h: No such file or directory
ispell.c: In function 'usage':
ispell.c:253: error: 'ISPELL_C_USAGE1' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
ispell.c:253: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
ispell.c:253: error: for each function it appears in.)
ispell.c:254: error: 'ISPELL_C_USAGE2' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
ispell.c:255: error: 'ISPELL_C_USAGE3' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
ispell.c:256: error: 'ISPELL_C_USAGE4' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
ispell.c:257: error: 'ISPELL_C_USAGE5' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
ispell.c:258: error: 'ISPELL_C_USAGE6' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
ispell.c:259: error: 'ISPELL_C_USAGE7' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
ispell.c: In function 'main':
ispell.c:335: error: 'ISPELL_C_NO_OPTIONS_SPACE' undeclared (first use 
in this function)
ispell.c:389: error: 'ISPELL_C_OPTIONS_ARE' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
ispell.c:913: error: 'ISPELL_C_NO_FILE' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
ispell.c:913: error: 'ISPELL_C_NO_FILES' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
ispell.c:932: error: 'ISPELL_C_BAD_TYPE' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
ispell.c: In function 'dofile':
ispell.c:1060: error: 'CANT_OPEN' undeclared (first use in this function)
ispell.c:1068: error: 'ISPELL_C_CANT_WRITE' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
ispell.c:1115: error: 'CANT_CREATE' undeclared (first use in this function)
ispell.c: In function 'setupdefmt':
ispell.c:1235: error: 'ISPELL_C_UNEXPECTED_FD' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
ispell.c: In function 'update_file':
ispell.c:1261: error: 'ISPELL_C_TEMP_DISAPPEARED' undeclared (first use 
in this function)
ispell.c:1349: error: 'CANT_CREATE' undeclared (first use in this function)
ispell.c: In function 'expandmode':
ispell.c:1426: error: 'BAD_FLAG' undeclared (first use in this function)
ispell.c:1434: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c lookup.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from lookup.c:88:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from lookup.c:88:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory
lookup.c:91:18: error: msgs.h: No such file or directory
lookup.c: In function 'linit':
lookup.c:117: error: 'CANT_OPEN' undeclared (first use in this function)
lookup.c:117: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
lookup.c:117: error: for each function it appears in.)
lookup.c:125: error: 'LOOKUP_C_CANT_READ' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
lookup.c:128: error: 'LOOKUP_C_NULL_HASH' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
lookup.c:133: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast
lookup.c:140: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast
lookup.c:147: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast
lookup.c:158: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast
lookup.c:174: error: 'LOOKUP_C_NO_HASH_SPACE' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
lookup.c:214: error: 'LOOKUP_C_BAD_FORMAT' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
lookup.c:328: error: 'LOOKUP_C_NO_LANG_SPACE' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
lookup.c: In function 'lookup':
lookup.c:500: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c makedent.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from makedent.c:108:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from makedent.c:108:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory
makedent.c:111:18: error: msgs.h: No such file or directory
makedent.c: In function 'makedent':
makedent.c:194: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast
makedent.c:208: error: 'MAKEDENT_C_BAD_WORD_CHAR' undeclared (first use 
in this function)
makedent.c:208: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
makedent.c:208: error: for each function it appears in.)
makedent.c:223: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast
makedent.c:230: error: 'MAKEDENT_C_NO_WORD_SPACE' undeclared (first use 
in this function)
makedent.c:248: error: 'BAD_FLAG' undeclared (first use in this function)
makedent.c: In function 'addvheader':
makedent.c:325: error: 'MAKEDENT_C_NO_WORD_SPACE' undeclared (first use 
in this function)
makedent.c: In function 'combinecaps':
makedent.c:458: error: 'MAKEDENT_C_NO_WORD_SPACE' undeclared (first use 
in this function)
makedent.c: In function 'toutent':
makedent.c:705: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast
makedent.c: In function 'strtosichar':
makedent.c:944: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast
makedent.c: In function 'ichartosstr':
makedent.c:959: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer 
from integer without a cast


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -DUSG -c term.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from term.c:85:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from term.c:85:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
term.c:88:18: error: msgs.h: No such file or directory
term.c: In function 'terminit':
term.c:265: error: 'TERM_C_SMALL_SCREEN' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
term.c:265: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
term.c:265: error: for each function it appears in.)
term.c:276: error: 'TERM_C_NO_BATCH' undeclared (first use in this function)
term.c: In function 'shescape':
term.c:621: error: 'TERM_C_TYPE_SPACE' undeclared (first use in this 
function)


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c tgood.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from tgood.c:123:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from tgood.c:123:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory
tgood.c:125:18: error: msgs.h: No such file or directory


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c tree.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from tree.c:97:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from tree.c:97:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory
tree.c:100:18: error: msgs.h: No such file or directory
tree.c: In function 'treeinit':
tree.c:291: error: 'CANT_OPEN' undeclared (first use in this function)
tree.c:291: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
tree.c:291: error: for each function it appears in.)
tree.c:301: error: 'TREE_C_CANT_UPDATE' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
tree.c: In function 'treeinsert':
tree.c:375: error: 'TREE_C_NO_SPACE' undeclared (first use in this function)
tree.c:385: error: 'TREE_C_TRY_ANYWAY' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
tree.c: In function 'tinsert':
tree.c:473: warning: passing argument 2 of 'fprintf' makes pointer from 
integer without a cast
tree.c:487: error: 'TREE_C_NO_SPACE' undeclared (first use in this function)
tree.c: In function 'treeoutput':
tree.c:556: error: 'CANT_CREATE' undeclared (first use in this function)
tree.c: In function 'do_regex_lookup':
tree.c:716: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
tree.c:727: warning: comparison between pointer and integer
tree.c:739: warning: comparison between pointer and integer


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c xgets.c

In file included from config.h:203,
                  from xgets.c:72:
local.h:24:19: error: conio.h: No such file or directory
local.h:25:20: error: regexp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from xgets.c:72:
config.h:205:59: error: defhash.h: No such file or directory
config.h:218:21: error: sys/dir.h: No such file or directory


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>yacc parse.y

'yacc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -c y_tab.c

gcc: y_tab.c: No such file or directory
gcc: no input files


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>move y_tab.o parse.o

The system cannot find the file specified.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>del y_tab.c

Could Not Find C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02\y_tab.c



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -o buildhas buildhas.o hash.o 
makedent.o parse.o

gcc: buildhas.o: No such file or directory
gcc: hash.o: No such file or directory
gcc: makedent.o: No such file or directory
gcc: parse.o: No such file or directory
gcc: no input files


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>emxbind -b buildhas

'emxbind' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>emxbind -s buildhas.exe

'emxbind' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -o icombine icombine.o makedent.o 
parse.o

gcc: icombine.o: No such file or directory
gcc: makedent.o: No such file or directory
gcc: parse.o: No such file or directory
gcc: no input files


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>emxbind -b icombine

'emxbind' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>emxbind -s icombine.exe

'emxbind' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -O -o ijoin ijoin.o fields.o

gcc: ijoin.o: No such file or directory
gcc: fields.o: No such file or directory
gcc: no input files


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>emxbind -b ijoin

'emxbind' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>emxbind -s ijoin.exe

'emxbind' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>ar -q ispell.a term.o ispell.o correct.o 
defmt.o dump.o exp_table.o fields.o good.o lookup.o hash.o makedent.o 
tgood.o tree.o xgets.o

ar: creating ispell.a
ar: term.o: No such file or directory


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>gcc -o ispell ispell.a -ltermcap -lregexp

gcc: ispell.a: No such file or directory


C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>emxbind -b -s ispell

'emxbind' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>emxbind -a ispell -p

'emxbind' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.



C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02>del ispell.a

Could Not Find C:\cygwin\usr\src\ispell-3.3.02\ispell.a

Re: installing ispell by emacs on microsoft system

[Jason Rumney]

On 18 Jun, 11:19, David R <angel_ov_no...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> I load ispell.el via .emacs
> whenever I try to use an ispell function it say in minibuffer "searching
> for program : no such file or directory, ispell"
> So I got the source  ispell-3.3.02
> unpacked it
> had to do chmod 755 pc/makeemx.bat
> ran the .bat script which eli provided
> what I got follows. Do I need to get emx?  where can I find the tarball?
> should I try to get djgpp?

The easiest option will be to install aspell, which is a newer spell
checker that has maintained Windows ports available for it. You'll
need to customize ispell-program to suit.

Re: installing ispell by emacs on microsoft system

[weber]

On 18 jun, 08:09, Jason Rumney <jasonrum...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18 Jun, 11:19, David R <angel_ov_no...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I load ispell.el via .emacs
> > whenever I try to use an ispell function it say in minibuffer "searching
> > for program : no such file or directory, ispell"
> > So I got the source  ispell-3.3.02
> > unpacked it
> > had to do chmod 755 pc/makeemx.bat
> > ran the .bat script which eli provided
> > what I got follows. Do I need to get emx?  where can I find the tarball?
> > should I try to get djgpp?
>
> The easiest option will be to install aspell, which is a newer spell
> checker that has maintained Windows ports available for it. You'll
> need to customize ispell-program to suit.

I'll second that. Just install aspell (no need to compile) and point
to the correct program with something like this (well it should be on
my path)

(setq ispell-program-name "C:/arquivos de programas/aspell/bin/
aspell")

HTH,
weber

Re: installing ispell by emacs on microsoft system

[David R]

Thanks so far
I built aspell from source using cygwin

(require 'ispell)
(setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell")

It works mostly fine with emacs.  But there is always a catch.....
M-x ispell-complete-word-interior-frag
produces in the minibuffer
"searching for program : no such file or directory, egrep"

I had egrep installed already, so I got the lastest tarball.
unpacked, configure, make check
All 10 tests passed
egrep and fgrep and grep all run under cygwin but only grep does under 
cmd shell
Is emacs running external commands via a cmd shell??
can I change this to a cygwin shell?

make install produces the following
Making install in intl
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/grep-2.5.1a/intl'
if test "grep" = "gettext" \
	   && test '' = 'intl-compat.o'; then \
	  /bin/sh `case "./mkinstalldirs" in /*) echo "./mkinstalldirs" ;; *) 
echo ".././mkinstalldirs" ;; esac` /usr/local/lib /usr/local/include; \
	  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libintl.h /usr/local/include/libintl.h; \
	  @LIBTOOL@ --mode=install \
	    /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libintl.a /usr/local/lib/libintl.a; \
	else \
	  : ; \
	fi
if test 'no' = yes; then \
	  test no != no || /bin/sh `case "./mkinstalldirs" in /*) echo 
"./mkinstalldirs" ;; *) echo ".././mkinstalldirs" ;; esac` /usr/local/lib; \
	  temp=/usr/local/lib/t-charset.alias; \
	  dest=/usr/local/lib/charset.alias; \
	  if test -f /usr/local/lib/charset.alias; then \
	    orig=/usr/local/lib/charset.alias; \
	    sed -f ref-add.sed $orig > $temp; \
	    /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $temp $dest; \
	    rm -f $temp; \
	  else \
	    if test no = no; then \
	      orig=charset.alias; \
	      sed -f ref-add.sed $orig > $temp; \
	      /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $temp $dest; \
	      rm -f $temp; \
	    fi; \
	  fi; \
	  /bin/sh `case "./mkinstalldirs" in /*) echo "./mkinstalldirs" ;; *) 
echo ".././mkinstalldirs" ;; esac` /usr/local/share/locale; \
	  test -f /usr/local/share/locale/locale.alias \
	    && orig=/usr/local/share/locale/locale.alias \
	    || orig=./locale.alias; \
	  temp=/usr/local/share/locale/t-locale.alias; \
	  dest=/usr/local/share/locale/locale.alias; \
	  sed -f ref-add.sed $orig > $temp; \
	  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $temp $dest; \
	  rm -f $temp; \
	else \
	  : ; \
	fi
if test "grep" = "gettext"; then \
	  /bin/sh `case "./mkinstalldirs" in /*) echo "./mkinstalldirs" ;; *) 
echo ".././mkinstalldirs" ;; esac` /usr/local/share/gettext/intl; \
	  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 VERSION 
/usr/local/share/gettext/intl/VERSION; \
	  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ChangeLog.inst 
/usr/local/share/gettext/intl/ChangeLog; \
	  dists="COPYING.LIB-2.0 COPYING.LIB-2.1 Makefile.in config.charset 
locale.alias ref-add.sin ref-del.sin gmo.h gettextP.h hash-string.h 
plural-exp.h eval-plural.h os2compat.h libgnuintl.h loadinfo.h 
bindtextdom.c dcgettext.c dgettext.c gettext.c finddomain.c loadmsgcat.c 
localealias.c textdomain.c l10nflist.c explodename.c dcigettext.c 
dcngettext.c dngettext.c ngettext.c plural.y plural-exp.c localcharset.c 
localename.c osdep.c os2compat.c intl-compat.c"; \
	  for file in $dists; do \
	    /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./$file \
			    /usr/local/share/gettext/intl/$file; \
	  done; \
	  chmod a+x /usr/local/share/gettext/intl/config.charset; \
	  dists="plural.c"; \
	  for file in $dists; do \
	    if test -f $file; then dir=.; else dir=.; fi; \
	    /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $dir/$file \
			    /usr/local/share/gettext/intl/$file; \
	  done; \
	  dists="xopen-msg.sed linux-msg.sed po2tbl.sed.in cat-compat.c 
COPYING.LIB-2 gettext.h libgettext.h plural-eval.c"; \
	  for file in $dists; do \
	    rm -f /usr/local/share/gettext/intl/$file; \
	  done; \
	else \
	  : ; \
	fi
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/grep-2.5.1a/intl'
Making install in po
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/grep-2.5.1a/po'
file=./`echo cs | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file cs.po
file=./`echo de | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file de.po
file=./`echo el | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file el.po
file=./`echo eo | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file eo.po
file=./`echo es | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file es.po
file=./`echo et | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file et.po
file=./`echo fr | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file fr.po
file=./`echo gl | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file gl.po
file=./`echo hr | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file hr.po
file=./`echo id | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file id.po
file=./`echo it | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file it.po
file=./`echo ja | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file ja.po
file=./`echo ko | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file ko.po
file=./`echo nl | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file nl.po
file=./`echo no | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file no.po
file=./`echo pl | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file pl.po
file=./`echo pt_BR | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file pt_BR.po
file=./`echo ru | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file ru.po
file=./`echo sl | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file sl.po
file=./`echo sv | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
	  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH : -o $file sv.po
if test -r ".././mkinstalldirs"; then \
	  .././mkinstalldirs //usr/local/share; \
	else \
	  /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs //usr/local/share; \
	fi
mkdir //usr
mkdir: cannot create directory `//usr': No such host or network path
mkdir //usr/local
mkdir: cannot create directory `//usr/local': No such host or network path
mkdir //usr/local/share
mkdir: cannot create directory `//usr/local/share': No such host or 
network path
make[1]: *** [install-data-yes] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/grep-2.5.1a/po'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

egrep not finding dictionaries

[David R]

have got egrep working under cmd shell by installing windows binaries of 
unix commands
will post a further problem under a new message thread

many thanks
DavidR

Re: installing ispell by emacs on microsoft system

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:19:37 +0100
> From: David R <angel_ov_north@tiscali.co.uk>
> 
> So I got the source  ispell-3.3.02
> unpacked it
> had to do chmod 755 pc/makeemx.bat
> ran the .bat script which eli provided
> what I got follows. Do I need to get emx?

If you want to build with makeemx.bat, then yes.  But I doubt that you
really want that, since EMX produces DOS programs, not Windows
programs, which will limit you in several subtle ways, since
interaction between Emacs and DOS subprograms has drawbacks (for
example, only one DOS subprocess can be active at any given time).

> should I try to get djgpp?

Not recommended, for the same reason.

It's much better to get a precompiled Windows binary of Ispell.
Here's one place:

  http://www.luziusschneider.com/Speller/English/