From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ispell default dictionary keeps reverting to "american"
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:43:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k5r90xpr.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1188753307.609687.63490@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com
Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <pixiemotion@gmail.com> writes:
> Sven Joachim skreiv:
>> So I'd presume that C-u M-x ispell-change-dictionary (interactively)
>> or (setq ispell-change-dictionary "nynorsk" t) (in your .emacs) do the
>> trick. Does that work?
>
> Seems like it should, yeah, but even with the prefix argument, the
> value changes just before pressing M-$. I can start emacs, do "C-h v
> ispell-dictionary" and it tells me it's set to "nynorsk", then I do M-
> $ and I get only American suggestions for spelling, "C-h v ispell-
> dictionary" again tells me that it's set to "american".
>
> Right after starting emacs, I can do "C-u M-x ispell-change-dictionary
> RET nynorsk", and it tells me "No change, using nynorsk dictionary",
> but still on the first spellcheck it'll revert to "american". _After_
> the first spellcheck though, I can use ispell-change-dictionary to set
> it to "nynorsk" locally, and it stays that way in that buffer
> (although setting it globally doesn't override "american", I have to
> set it locally in each new buffer _after_ running at least one ispell-
> check).
It is possible that you are using an outdated version of ispell.el.
Debian has such a beast in its dictionaries-common package, and I
presume the same is the case on Ubuntu. What does
(locate-library "ispell") give?
Regards,
Sven
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-02 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-02 11:02 ispell default dictionary keeps reverting to "american" Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
2007-09-02 11:56 ` Sven Joachim
2007-09-02 17:15 ` Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
2007-09-02 17:43 ` Sven Joachim [this message]
2007-09-03 8:16 ` Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
2007-09-02 12:51 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.168.1188737518.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-02 17:27 ` Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
2007-09-02 18:55 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.180.1188759356.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-03 8:24 ` Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
2007-09-03 9:39 ` Peter Dyballa
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