en word list for aspell under windows

en word list for aspell under windows

[sam jesse]

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Hi
I am getting the following error when M-$ when the  point is at a word which
I want to spell check.

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Error: No word lists can be found for
the language \"en_US\".")
  signal(error ("Error: No word lists can be found for the language
\"en_US\"."))
  error("%s" "Error: No word lists can be found for the language
\"en_US\".")
  ispell-init-process()
  ispell-buffer-local-words()
  ispell-accept-buffer-local-defs()
  ispell-word(nil nil nil)
  call-interactively(ispell-word)


any idea how to install an en word list to window xp for my aspell to work?

I downloaded aspell-en-0.51-1.tar.bz2 onto my windows XP but was not able to
unzip it, so I installed bzip2-1.0.5-setup.exe in order to unzip it but was
not able to use it. I really did not expect all this pain in order to get
some words spell checked, so I need some comfort.

thanks

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Re: en word list for aspell under windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 07:58:56 +1000
> From: sam jesse <revrvr@gmail.com>
> 
> I downloaded aspell-en-0.51-1.tar.bz2 onto my windows XP but was not able to
> unzip it, so I installed bzip2-1.0.5-setup.exe in order to unzip it but was
> not able to use it. I really did not expect all this pain in order to get
> some words spell checked, so I need some comfort.

Caveat: I don't use Aspell, and didn't actually try to install it or
use it with Emacs, so what's below is pure theory.

Having said that, I hope what's below will bring you the comfort you
need ;-)

This URL:

   http://aspell.net/win32/

Seems to include links to precompiled Windows binaries of Aspell and
to precompiled dictionaries.  Pick up your language (English?),
download, and follow the instructions at the top of the above Web page
to install.

Failing that (or if you absolutely cannot settle for 7-year old
dictionaries), here's a link to install Windows binaries to unpack a
.tar.bz2 archives:

The Bzip2 program:

    http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bzip2.htm

The BsdTar program, a clone of Tar

    http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libarchive.htm

The latter is needed because bunzip2 alone will just produce a .tar
file that is an uncompressed archive, and you still need to untar it.

Pick the link to the binaries, either "setup" or "zip" (I always
prefer the latter, since that gives me control where to put each part
of the package, but that's me).

Once you install both of these packages, unpack
aspell-en-0.51-1.tar.bz2 as follows (from the command prompt):

   > bsdtar -xjf aspell-en-0.51-1.tar.bz2

(The j flag to BsdTar will invoke bunzip2 behind the scenes, you just
need it installed an on your PATH.)

Re: en word list for aspell under windows

[Xah Lee]

On Aug 6, 2:58 pm, sam jesse <rev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I am getting the following error when M-$ when the  point is at a word which
> I want to spell check.
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Error: No word lists can be found for
> the language \"en_US\".")
>   signal(error ("Error: No word lists can be found for the language
> \"en_US\"."))
>   error("%s" "Error: No word lists can be found for the language
> \"en_US\".")
>   ispell-init-process()
>   ispell-buffer-local-words()
>   ispell-accept-buffer-local-defs()
>   ispell-word(nil nil nil)
>   call-interactively(ispell-word)
>
> any idea how to install an en word list to window xp for my aspell to work?
>
> I downloaded aspell-en-0.51-1.tar.bz2 onto my windows XP but was not able to
> unzip it, so I installed bzip2-1.0.5-setup.exe in order to unzip it but was
> not able to use it. I really did not expect all this pain in order to get
> some words spell checked, so I need some comfort.
>
> thanks

you gotta do some homework yourself man.

read the aspell man page, easily found on the web.

if you are in unix or running win with cygwin, i could help you
more... but i'm not using aspell as windows native port, so i don't
know how that port's dictionary location etc works.

already helped you with 4 or so back and forth Q & As, and others have
too.

meanwhile, you probably should file a complaint to FSF, report this as
a bug.

spell checking is critical to a text editor. No reason to be this
hard, i don't blame you.

also, you don't seem to know unix or emacs much ... what about the
suggestion of getting the emacsW32 distro? You didn't seems to answer
that... but looking at your questions, how you gonna use emacs? cause
there'd be a lot issues down the road with using emacs if you needed
hand holding in every step in getting spell checking to work.

r u, like, too lazy, like me, and just want others to answer or debate
so you rip the info? LOL.

> so I need some comfort.

LOL. Me 2.

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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