From: Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ispell in Debian lenny problem
Date: 12 Sep 2009 18:00:19 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnhanobj.j7n.joostkremers@j.kremers4.news.arnhem.chello.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: h8g0cp$9ec$1@news.eternal-september.org
Christian Herenz wrote:
> I am using in SUSE Linux the following in my .emacs, and it works:
>
> (setq ispell-dictionary "german")
> (setq ispell-local-dictionary "german")
> (setq flyspell-default-dictionary "german")
>
> In Debian Lenny the dictionary is called ngerman and I use the same as above,
> only with "ngerman" instead of german. The problem now is, that spell checking
> wont work on emacs in lenny. When doing "ispell-buffer" I get the error (in
> *Messages*):
>
> Starting new Ispell process [ngerman] ...
> Spell-checking test using ispell with ngerman dictionary...
> Spell-checking test using ispell with ngerman dictionary done
> ispell-get-line: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
are you sure the dictionary is called "ngerman"? why do you think it is? have
you tried using "german"? type M-x ispell-change-dictionary and then hit TAB to
see what dictionaries Emacs actually knows about.
--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
EN:SiS(9)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-12 18:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-12 11:24 ispell in Debian lenny problem Christian Herenz
2009-09-12 14:57 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.6524.1252767464.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-09-12 17:34 ` Christian Herenz
2009-09-13 14:06 ` TonyMc
2009-09-12 18:00 ` Joost Kremers [this message]
2009-09-12 19:06 ` Christian Herenz
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