Re: problem visiting .emacs

["Gary Weselle" <weselle_g@hotmain.com>]

"Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Gary Weselle wrote:
> > "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org> wrote in message
> > news:mailman.111.1144294710.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org...
> >
> >>>From: "Gary Weselle" <weselle_g@hotmain.com>
> >>>Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:39:06 -0700
> >>>
> >>>1) Find file: C:\emacs-21.3\bin/, I want to see my HOME directory
> >
> > instead.
> >
> >>If you are invoking Emacs from a desktop shortcut, set the starting
> >>directory via the Property sheets of that shortcut.
> >>
> >>
> >>>2) not able to visit .c:\path-to-file\.emacs.
> >>
> >>Type "C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET".  This should work.  The error message
> >>about aspell means that somehow you start the speller for Lisp files,
> >>which is the reason for your apparent inability to visit .emacs.
> >>You need to solve that problem first.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > the only other reference to spell in my .emacs is
> > (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'flyspell-mode t) ; check spelling
> >
> > now how could I solve the problem with the speller starting for Lisp
files.
> > I really don't know how can it be since the same .emacs file is being
used
> > for my Linux box and works fine. this problem happened after I installed
> > aspell under cygwin. does this help.
> > thanks
> >
> >
>
> Is the word "Fly" in the mode-line for .emacs?

No.


> If so, flyspell-mode is enabled.
> This will cause emacs to start the program defined in
> ispell-program-name when you load .emacs, and if it fails to
> start, emacs tries to restart it for every edit.
>
> ispell-program-name defaults to "ispell" but can also be changed to
"aspell"
> or other compatible program.
> To disable or enable flyspell for this buffer use M-x flyspell-mode
>

doing M-x flyspell-mode gives
Searching for program: no such file or directory, ispell

> IIRC, most programming modes are derived from text-mode, and so may
inherit
> the mode-hooks.
>
> HTH,
> Colin S. Miller
>
>
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