From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ntemacs, can't run ispell Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 21:27:04 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1858-Thu06Feb2003212703+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044560000 22318 80.91.224.249 (6 Feb 2003 19:33:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 19:33:20 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18grlt-0005nZ-00 for ; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 20:33:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18grmF-0003Am-09 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 14:33:39 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18grk3-00022d-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 14:31:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18grin-0001VR-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 14:30:06 -0500 Original-Received: from thor.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18grie-0001Gl-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 14:29:56 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretsky ([80.230.234.161]) by thor.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.2-GA) with ESMTP id ATL46197; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 21:29:53 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: (jeff.rancier@softechnics.com) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6389 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6389 > From: jeff.rancier@softechnics.com (Jeffery B. Rancier) > Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:06:33 -0500 > Cancel-Lock: sha1:7l9rXOY782dy5x4ym1PL4yWVXpE= > Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+eliz=is.elta.co.il@gnu.org > X-Status: > > Hello. I'm running GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-msvc-nt5.1.2600) of > 2002-03-19 on buffy, on Windows XP Pro, and I'm using Cygwin. > > When I attempt to run ispell, I get in my *messages* buffer: > > check-ispell-version: /usr/local/bin/ispell version 3 release 3.1.12 > or greater is required > > The program name is set as follows: > > ,----[ C-h v ispell-program-name RET ] > | ispell-program-name's value is > | "/usr/local/bin/ispell" > | > | Documentation: > | Program invoked by M-$ and M-x ispell-region commands. > | > | You can customize this variable. > `---- > > >From within NTEmacs: > > ,----[ which ispell ] > | /usr/bin/ispell > `---- I suspect this is some conflict between Cygwin and MSVC-compiled Emacs, since Emacs doesn't understand the trickery Cygwin plays to pretend that /usr/bin exists on every drive under its root. Try installing Ispell in a directory that is on a normal Windows PATH. Alternatively, download a native Windows port of Ispell from here: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/contrib/ispell.zip