From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: en word list for aspell under windows Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:36:11 +0300 Message-ID: <83y6pwm35w.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249634210 19494 80.91.229.12 (7 Aug 2009 08:36:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:36:50 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 07 10:36:43 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MZKwM-0003ng-0n for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:36:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37803 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MZKwL-00043S-Fj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:36:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MZKvv-00043N-OX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:36:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MZKvt-00043B-T5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:36:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57315 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MZKvt-000438-QW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:36:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout6.012.net.il ([84.95.2.16]:49581) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MZKvt-0004WG-9P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:36:13 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i-mtaout6.012.net.il by i-mtaout6.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KNZ00500ZMX0W00@i-mtaout6.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:36:12 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.151.173]) by i-mtaout6.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KNZ003C9ZWB7390@i-mtaout6.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:36:12 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:66924 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 07:58:56 +1000 > From: sam jesse > > I downloaded aspell-en-0.51-1.tar.bz2 onto my windows XP but was not able to > unzip it, so I installed bzip2-1.0.5-setup.exe in order to unzip it but was > not able to use it. I really did not expect all this pain in order to get > some words spell checked, so I need some comfort. Caveat: I don't use Aspell, and didn't actually try to install it or use it with Emacs, so what's below is pure theory. Having said that, I hope what's below will bring you the comfort you need ;-) This URL: http://aspell.net/win32/ Seems to include links to precompiled Windows binaries of Aspell and to precompiled dictionaries. Pick up your language (English?), download, and follow the instructions at the top of the above Web page to install. Failing that (or if you absolutely cannot settle for 7-year old dictionaries), here's a link to install Windows binaries to unpack a .tar.bz2 archives: The Bzip2 program: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bzip2.htm The BsdTar program, a clone of Tar http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libarchive.htm The latter is needed because bunzip2 alone will just produce a .tar file that is an uncompressed archive, and you still need to untar it. Pick the link to the binaries, either "setup" or "zip" (I always prefer the latter, since that gives me control where to put each part of the package, but that's me). Once you install both of these packages, unpack aspell-en-0.51-1.tar.bz2 as follows (from the command prompt): > bsdtar -xjf aspell-en-0.51-1.tar.bz2 (The j flag to BsdTar will invoke bunzip2 behind the scenes, you just need it installed an on your PATH.)