From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ben Bacarisse Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: spell make it work emacs on AppleMac Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:01:54 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: <87y3uwlnql.fsf@bsb.me.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1492596354 7471 195.159.176.226 (19 Apr 2017 10:05:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:05:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 19 12:05:50 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d0mUe-0001oe-4S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:05:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46912 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0mUj-0000vy-Rh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 06:05:53 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.unit0.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 33 Original-Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4c9434f2c9e1802deb884c65d98a8b7b"; logging-data="5014"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/jYw42/YBYsM6Buc6675CczD2A+nbXmkE=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:eNri17AZv75AuvZqD3LyoLyq5IM= sha1:rWS+GKN3TnkpwBfut2srvRJwLew= X-BSB-Auth: 1.9f1173bbcaf943c61d11.20170419110154BST.87y3uwlnql.fsf@bsb.me.uk Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:219092 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:112810 Archived-At: Richard Smith writes: > On AppleMac "Air" - laptop - using as-installed emacs. I don't know what version that is. What does M-x version say? > ESC-x ispell not working - nor any other spell command. Have lived > for years without "spell" program in emacs What does not working mean? Do you get told there is no such command or what? What do M-x apropos spell and M-x customize-apropos spell show you? > Then couple of days ago, got surprise when accidentally pressed what > must have been the ESC-tab command - and got spell-check on preceding > word. > So ispell is installed? > Can I get it to work? > > Fifteen to twenty years ago, would charge forward typing text making > many typo's and let ispell sort it all out. > Miss it terribly - help appreciated. These days I prefer flyspell-mode which checks as you go, but the ispell command does give you better information. > PS - does it make more sense to install a full unix? > Miss GnuPlot, xfig, the GIMP, etc. I don't think anyone can answer that for you! -- Ben.