* Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error @ 2008-11-04 18:37 jeep 2008-11-05 17:29 ` jeep 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: jeep @ 2008-11-04 18:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Howdy all, I am trying to enable flyspell mode and I'm having a problem. I'm using GNU Emacs 22.3.1 on Windows XP and aspell. When I try to "M-x flyspell-mode" in a buffer, I get the error message: Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error (I've tried it in many different major modes including text, Fundamental, Lisp...) I don't see any other indication of what the problem could be. I can us all the ispell commands (eg. I can M-$ to check the spelling of a particular word). I originally thought that it might be a conflict with all the configurations I've done, so I removed my _emacs file and tried it from a base install and I eval'd this: (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell") Then I can M-$ to check the word, but I still cannot enable flyspell- mode and it gives me the same error. Where can I look to get more information to help me figure out this problem? I've searched for it on the internet and all I find is other people asking the question with no answers. Thanks, -JEEP Joe Peterson ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error 2008-11-04 18:37 Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error jeep @ 2008-11-05 17:29 ` jeep 2008-11-05 17:46 ` Andreas Politz 2008-11-05 18:03 ` Lennart Borgman 0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: jeep @ 2008-11-05 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs On Nov 4, 10:37 am, jeep <jeepeter...@gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy all, > > I am trying to enable flyspell mode and I'm having a problem. I'm > using GNU Emacs 22.3.1 on Windows XP and aspell. When I try to "M-x > flyspell-mode" in a buffer, I get the error message: > Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error > (I've tried it in many different major modes including text, > Fundamental, Lisp...) > > I don't see any other indication of what the problem could be. I can > us all the ispell commands (eg. I can M-$ to check the spelling of a > particular word). I originally thought that it might be a conflict > with all the configurations I've done, so I removed my _emacs file and > tried it from a base install and I eval'd this: > (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell") > > Then I can M-$ to check the word, but I still cannot enable flyspell- > mode and it gives me the same error. > > Where can I look to get more information to help me figure out this > problem? I've searched for it on the internet and all I find is other > people asking the question with no answers. > > Thanks, > -JEEP > Joe Peterson No one has any suggestions on where I should look next? :( -JEEP ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error 2008-11-05 17:29 ` jeep @ 2008-11-05 17:46 ` Andreas Politz 2008-11-05 22:18 ` jeep 2008-11-05 18:03 ` Lennart Borgman 1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Andreas Politz @ 2008-11-05 17:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs jeep wrote: > On Nov 4, 10:37 am, jeep <jeepeter...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Howdy all, >> >> I am trying to enable flyspell mode and I'm having a problem. I'm >> using GNU Emacs 22.3.1 on Windows XP and aspell. When I try to "M-x >> flyspell-mode" in a buffer, I get the error message: >> Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error >> (I've tried it in many different major modes including text, >> Fundamental, Lisp...) >> >> I don't see any other indication of what the problem could be. I can >> us all the ispell commands (eg. I can M-$ to check the spelling of a >> particular word). I originally thought that it might be a conflict >> with all the configurations I've done, so I removed my _emacs file and >> tried it from a base install and I eval'd this: >> (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell") >> >> Then I can M-$ to check the word, but I still cannot enable flyspell- >> mode and it gives me the same error. >> >> Where can I look to get more information to help me figure out this >> problem? I've searched for it on the internet and all I find is other >> people asking the question with no answers. >> >> Thanks, >> -JEEP >> Joe Peterson > > No one has any suggestions on where I should look next? :( > > -JEEP Enable debug-on-error via 'M-x toggle-debug-on-error', then start flyspell-mode again and examine the error. If that does not work, try edebug. Open the file where flyspell-mode is defined. Reeval the function with 'C-u C-M-x' and again, start flyspell-mode. Now you are in edebug-mode. Hit Space till you get the error. Press 'i' to enable debugging of the called function after point. -ap ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error 2008-11-05 17:46 ` Andreas Politz @ 2008-11-05 22:18 ` jeep 2008-11-05 22:52 ` Andreas Politz 2008-11-06 0:12 ` jeep 0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: jeep @ 2008-11-05 22:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs On Nov 5, 9:46 am, Andreas Politz <poli...@fh-trier.de> wrote: > jeep wrote: > > On Nov 4, 10:37 am, jeep <jeepeter...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am trying to enable flyspell mode and I'm having a problem. I'm > >> using GNU Emacs 22.3.1 on Windows XP and aspell. When I try to "M-x > >> flyspell-mode" in a buffer, I get the error message: > >> Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error > >> (I've tried it in many different major modes including text, > >> Fundamental, Lisp...) > > >> I don't see any other indication of what the problem could be. I can > >> us all the ispell commands (eg. I can M-$ to check the spelling of a > >> particular word). I originally thought that it might be a conflict > >> with all the configurations I've done, so I removed my _emacs file and > >> tried it from a base install and I eval'd this: > >> (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell") > > >> Then I can M-$ to check the word, but I still cannot enable flyspell- > >> mode and it gives me the same error. <snip> > Enable debug-on-error via 'M-x toggle-debug-on-error', then start flyspell-mode > again and examine the error. > If that does not work, try edebug. Open the file where flyspell-mode is > defined. Reeval the function with 'C-u C-M-x' and again, start flyspell-mode. > Now you are in edebug-mode. Hit Space till you get the error. Press 'i' to > enable debugging of the called function after point. Thanks for helping me work through this: Okay, here's what I've done and the results: Enable debug-on-error, then start flyspell-mode -- The *Messages* buffer shows: Loading flyspell...done Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error edebug: I opened .../lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el, hit C-u C-M-x, then M-x flyspell-mode -- The *Messages* buffer shows: Edebug: edebug-anon0 Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error Then I hit space (point is at: (require 'ispell) and this displays in mini-buffer and *Messages*: Result: ispell Then I hit space again and point moves to the middle of the comments in the header of flyspell.el. Space again inserts a space When I run emacs --Q, the behavior above is identical. (Which makes sense to me since I've renamed my _emacs file... I'm glad to know about the -Q switch, though.) I don't know if this helps or hurts, but I downloaded a copy of Version 23, took the same steps as my original e-mail outlined and it works like a charm. Then I reverted back to 22.1 and it works, too. It is beginning to look like I'm fighting a bug in 22.3. (I would have tried 22.2, but didn't want to download it.) I even tried copying flyspell.el from 22.1 to 22.3 and deleting the elc file. It didn't work either. :( I'd like to stick to a stable version... any suggestions about where to go from here? Thanks, -JEEP ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error 2008-11-05 22:18 ` jeep @ 2008-11-05 22:52 ` Andreas Politz 2008-11-06 0:12 ` jeep 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Andreas Politz @ 2008-11-05 22:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs jeep wrote: > On Nov 5, 9:46 am, Andreas Politz <poli...@fh-trier.de> wrote: >> jeep wrote: >>> On Nov 4, 10:37 am, jeep <jeepeter...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I am trying to enable flyspell mode and I'm having a problem. I'm >>>> using GNU Emacs 22.3.1 on Windows XP and aspell. When I try to "M-x >>>> flyspell-mode" in a buffer, I get the error message: >>>> Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error >>>> (I've tried it in many different major modes including text, >>>> Fundamental, Lisp...) >>>> I don't see any other indication of what the problem could be. I can >>>> us all the ispell commands (eg. I can M-$ to check the spelling of a >>>> particular word). I originally thought that it might be a conflict >>>> with all the configurations I've done, so I removed my _emacs file and >>>> tried it from a base install and I eval'd this: >>>> (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell") >>>> Then I can M-$ to check the word, but I still cannot enable flyspell- >>>> mode and it gives me the same error. > <snip> > >> Enable debug-on-error via 'M-x toggle-debug-on-error', then start flyspell-mode >> again and examine the error. >> If that does not work, try edebug. Open the file where flyspell-mode is >> defined. Reeval the function with 'C-u C-M-x' and again, start flyspell-mode. >> Now you are in edebug-mode. Hit Space till you get the error. Press 'i' to >> enable debugging of the called function after point. > > Thanks for helping me work through this: > Okay, here's what I've done and the results: > Enable debug-on-error, then start flyspell-mode > -- The *Messages* buffer shows: > Loading flyspell...done > Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error The flyspell-mode function catches all errors and gives this generic error message. You could try to enable debug-on-error and eval this in the scratch buffer : (flyspell-mode-on) > > edebug: > I opened .../lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el, hit C-u C-M-x, then M-x > flyspell-mode The cursor has to be inside the flyspell-mode function for this to work. (C-M-x evals the current function , with prefix it also installs the debug routines.) Alternatively this should enable edebug on all forms in the current buffer: M-x edebug-all-defs M-x eval-buffer -ap > -- The *Messages* buffer shows: > Edebug: edebug-anon0 > Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error > Then I hit space (point is at: (require 'ispell) and this displays in > mini-buffer and *Messages*: > Result: ispell > Then I hit space again and point moves to the middle of the comments > in the header of flyspell.el. > Space again inserts a space > > When I run emacs --Q, the behavior above is identical. (Which makes > sense to me since I've renamed my _emacs file... I'm glad to know > about the -Q switch, though.) > > I don't know if this helps or hurts, but I downloaded a copy of > Version 23, took the same steps as my original e-mail outlined and it > works like a charm. Then I reverted back to 22.1 and it works, too. It > is beginning to look like I'm fighting a bug in 22.3. (I would have > tried 22.2, but didn't want to download it.) I even tried copying > flyspell.el from 22.1 to 22.3 and deleting the elc file. It didn't > work either. :( > > I'd like to stick to a stable version... any suggestions about where > to go from here? > > Thanks, > -JEEP ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error 2008-11-05 22:18 ` jeep 2008-11-05 22:52 ` Andreas Politz @ 2008-11-06 0:12 ` jeep 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: jeep @ 2008-11-06 0:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs On Nov 5, 2:18 pm, jeep <jeepeter...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 5, 9:46 am, Andreas Politz <poli...@fh-trier.de> wrote: > > > jeep wrote: > > > On Nov 4, 10:37 am, jeep <jeepeter...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> I am trying to enable flyspell mode and I'm having a problem. I'm > > >> using GNU Emacs 22.3.1 on Windows XP and aspell. When I try to "M-x > > >> flyspell-mode" in a buffer, I get the error message: > > >> Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error > > >> (I've tried it in many different major modes including text, > > >> Fundamental, Lisp...) > > > >> I don't see any other indication of what the problem could be. I can > > >> us all the ispell commands (eg. I can M-$ to check the spelling of a > > >> particular word). I originally thought that it might be a conflict > > >> with all the configurations I've done, so I removed my _emacs file and > > >> tried it from a base install and I eval'd this: > > >> (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell") > > > >> Then I can M-$ to check the word, but I still cannot enable flyspell- > > >> mode and it gives me the same error. > > <snip> > > > Enable debug-on-error via 'M-x toggle-debug-on-error', then start flyspell-mode > > again and examine the error. > > If that does not work, try edebug. Open the file where flyspell-mode is > > defined. Reeval the function with 'C-u C-M-x' and again, start flyspell-mode. > > Now you are in edebug-mode. Hit Space till you get the error. Press 'i' to > > enable debugging of the called function after point. > > Thanks for helping me work through this: > Okay, here's what I've done and the results: > Enable debug-on-error, then start flyspell-mode > -- The *Messages* buffer shows: > Loading flyspell...done > Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error > > edebug: > I opened .../lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el, hit C-u C-M-x, then M-x > flyspell-mode > -- The *Messages* buffer shows: > Edebug: edebug-anon0 > Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error > Then I hit space (point is at: (require 'ispell) and this displays in > mini-buffer and *Messages*: > Result: ispell > Then I hit space again and point moves to the middle of the comments > in the header of flyspell.el. > Space again inserts a space > > When I run emacs --Q, the behavior above is identical. (Which makes > sense to me since I've renamed my _emacs file... I'm glad to know > about the -Q switch, though.) > > I don't know if this helps or hurts, but I downloaded a copy of > Version 23, took the same steps as my original e-mail outlined and it > works like a charm. Then I reverted back to 22.1 and it works, too. It > is beginning to look like I'm fighting a bug in 22.3. (I would have > tried 22.2, but didn't want to download it.) I even tried copying > flyspell.el from 22.1 to 22.3 and deleting the elc file. It didn't > work either. :( > > I'd like to stick to a stable version... any suggestions about where > to go from here? > > Thanks, > -JEEP AHA! I found a second ispell.el in my load-path. I don't know how that happened, but when I remove the file, flyspell-mode works for me! Thanks for the help. -JEEP ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error 2008-11-05 17:29 ` jeep 2008-11-05 17:46 ` Andreas Politz @ 2008-11-05 18:03 ` Lennart Borgman 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Lennart Borgman @ 2008-11-05 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: jeep; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:29 PM, jeep <jeepeterson@gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 4, 10:37 am, jeep <jeepeter...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Howdy all, >> >> I am trying to enable flyspell mode and I'm having a problem. I'm >> using GNU Emacs 22.3.1 on Windows XP and aspell. When I try to "M-x >> flyspell-mode" in a buffer, I get the error message: >> Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error >> (I've tried it in many different major modes including text, >> Fundamental, Lisp...) >> >> I don't see any other indication of what the problem could be. I can >> us all the ispell commands (eg. I can M-$ to check the spelling of a >> particular word). I originally thought that it might be a conflict >> with all the configurations I've done, so I removed my _emacs file and >> tried it from a base install and I eval'd this: >> (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell") >> >> Then I can M-$ to check the word, but I still cannot enable flyspell- >> mode and it gives me the same error. >> >> Where can I look to get more information to help me figure out this >> problem? I've searched for it on the internet and all I find is other >> people asking the question with no answers. >> >> Thanks, >> -JEEP >> Joe Peterson > > No one has any suggestions on where I should look next? :( Hi Joe Please give some more information. Can you reproduce the problem starting from emacs --Q and adding the necessary information? Did you enable debug-on-error? (This is in the Options menu, "Enable Debugger On Error".) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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