From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Gary Weselle" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: problem visiting .emacs Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:20:11 -0700 Organization: iPrimus Customer - reports relating to abuse should be sent to abuse@iprimus.com.au Message-ID: <443a0750_1@news.iprimus.com.au> References: <4434634d_1@news.iprimus.com.au> <443624bd_1@news.iprimus.com.au> <44397b44$0$15790$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1144654858 330 80.91.229.2 (10 Apr 2006 07:40:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:40:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 10 09:40:57 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FSr0z-0000yD-HV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:40:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FSr0z-0005cq-2D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:40:49 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newsfeed.pacific.net.au!token.pipenetworks.com!218.100.2.59.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.67.89.68 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Original-Lines: 73 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.134.67.67 Original-X-Trace: 1144653652 un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au 10144 203.134.67.67:4165 Original-X-Complaints-To: Abuse, including message IDs to abuse@pipenetworks.com Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138656 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:34274 Archived-At: "Colin S. Miller" wrote in message news:44397b44$0$15790$14726298@news.sunsite.dk... > Gary Weselle wrote: > > "Eli Zaretskii" wrote in message > > news:mailman.111.1144294710.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > > > >>>From: "Gary Weselle" > >>>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 > > > -- > Replace the obvious in my email address with the first three letters of the hostname to reply.