From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20741: 24.4; flyspell doesn't work with abbreviations ending in a period Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 09:49:44 +0300 Message-ID: <83iob1nxfb.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87pp5az1u7.fsf@sc3d.org> <83twumnem2.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1433573427 29650 80.91.229.3 (6 Jun 2015 06:50:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2015 06:50:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20741@debbugs.gnu.org To: Reuben Thomas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 06 08:50:14 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z17vo-0000iY-BD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 08:50:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50629 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z17vn-0006BQ-Kh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:50:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56649) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z17vk-0006A8-6H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:50:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z17vh-0002JT-0G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:50:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60643) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z17vg-0002IL-U9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:50:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z17vg-0003mv-4V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:50:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 06:50:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20741 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20741-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20741.143357339614544 (code B ref 20741); Sat, 06 Jun 2015 06:50:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20741) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jun 2015 06:49:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42385 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z17vX-0003mV-VU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:49:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout26.012.net.il ([80.179.55.182]:55394) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z17vV-0003mF-0z for 20741@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:49:54 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout26.012.net.il by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NPI00J00G8RYX00@mtaout26.012.net.il> for 20741@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 09:51:50 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NPI00F70GEEJ250@mtaout26.012.net.il>; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 09:51:50 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:103642 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 22:42:39 +0100 > From: Reuben Thomas > Cc: 20741@debbugs.gnu.org > > > flyspell marks as incorrect “etc.”, “i.e.”, “e.g.” &c. > > I can reproduce part of this with en_GB, but not with en_US. So I > think it's an issue with the dictionary, not with flyspell or ispell. > > The en_US dictionary contains "etc", which is incorrect. Not that I'm maintaining those dictionaries, but why is it incorrect, in your opinion? It clearly produces the desirable effect, doesn't it? > ​When I mention OTHERCHARS, I am looking at the documentation for > ispell-dictionary-alist. Indeed, when I change language, and I am using > hunspell, the language definitions seem to be auto-generated. With hunspell, > OTHERCHARS is set to include ".".​ But indeed, removing it or moving it into > CASECHARS and NOT-CASECHARS still seems not to help, so I'm back to my original > workaround. > > But indeed, apart from when I specifically mentioned customising the > dictionary, I am working with Emacs's default values, not customised at all. > > ​Thanks very much for your help with this. You are welcome. Does this mean that your problem is solved, and we can close this bug? Or does something still need to be fixed in Emacs?