Again ispell question!

Again ispell question!

[Dr. F.C.Caner]

Hello everyone,

I am sorry if this is a FAQ, but I cannot find out why my ispell
3.2.06 gives the error message:

"Can't open /usr/local/lib/english.hash"

although it is there (in c:/usr/local/lib). I am using Emacs-21.2
under Windows XP. I have both c:\usr\local\bin and c:\usr\local\lib in
my path variable. I also have the latest release of Cygwin installed.

Thanks in advance, 

Dr. F.C.Caner

Re: Again ispell question!

[matt]

Dr. F.C.Caner wrote:
 > Hello everyone,
 >
 > I am sorry if this is a FAQ, but I cannot find out why my ispell
 > 3.2.06 gives the error message:
 >
 > "Can't open /usr/local/lib/english.hash"
 >
 > although it is there (in c:/usr/local/lib). I am using Emacs-21.2
 > under Windows XP. I have both c:\usr\local\bin and c:\usr\local\lib in
 > my path variable. I also have the latest release of Cygwin installed.
 >

You probably already solved this, but if not...

It sounds like you unpacked the ispell tarball directly on the c:\ 
drive, and then added c:\usr\local\bin and c:\usr\local\lib to your 
path. What you need to do is unpack the tarball in cygwin's / 
directory(probably c:\cygwin). Just copy it there, fire up your shell 
and do a:

~ cd /
~ tar -xvzf ispell-version.tar.gz

This will put it in cygwin's /usr/local/bin directory. Then all you need 
is PATH_TO_CYGWIN\usr\local\bin in your path. That should work.

-- Matt

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