> From: Robert Boyer <robertstephenboyer@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 04:17:11 -0600
> Cc: 74469@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org
>
> Perhaps I can answer a few of your questions, but Emacs, as always, answers the
> most. See far below.
>
> Ispell-breaks on:
>
> ōm namō bhagavatē śrī aruṇācala ramaṇāya
>
> > Breaks how?
>
> Here is the error report I see:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Ispell misalignment: word ‘nam’ point 122; probabl...")
> error("Ispell misalignment: word `%s' point %d; probably ..." "nam" 122)
> ispell-process-line("^> ōm namō bhagavatē śrī aruṇācala ramaṇāya\n" nil)
> ispell-region(1 5627)
> ispell-buffer()
> funcall-interactively(ispell-buffer)
> command-execute(ispell-buffer record)
> execute-extended-command(nil "ispell-buffer" "ispell-b")
> funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "ispell-buffer" "ispell-b")
> command-execute(execute-extended-command)
>
> > Please tell more details about the problem, so we could investigate it
> > and attempt to fix it whatever needs fixing.
>
> > Specifically, we need to know the following:
>
> > in what language is the above text written?
>
> I am not certain. 'Indian' is a sick response. Perhaps Tamil? Perhaps
> Sanskrit. My Guru, Kumar Saran (ramanahouston@outlook.com) can tell you
> precisely. I have cc'd him on this message.
>
> > What spell-checking program do you use as the back-end for ispell-buffer?
>
> I am as dumb as I rock. I have no idea. I use a Chromebook, I am sure. I get
> ispell with the single Debian Gnu Linux shell command:
>
> sudo apt install ispell
What is the value of ispell-program-name? After you invoke
ispell-buffer for the first time in an Emacs session, type
M-: ispell-program-name RET
and tell what it displays. If it says your spell-checking program is
Ispell, then the above error message is expected: Ispell does not
support languages whose text cannot be encoded in single-byte
encoding, while the text you show needs something like UTF-8 to
encode.
Also, type this:
M-: ispell-current-dictionary RET
and tell what it displays.
Thanks.