From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Keep getting "can't open /usr/local/lib/english.hash" for ispell Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:43:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: <0863F6090C03574894E8EC51D6071CED0174D087@AZ25EXM04.gddsi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161848677 26116 80.91.229.2 (26 Oct 2006 07:44:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:44:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 26 09:44:37 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 1Gczuf-0001Vo-Rv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:44:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gczuf-0004DY-Bk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:44:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gcztu-0003g4-UK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:43:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gcztt-0003et-TM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:43:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gczts-0003ei-NQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:43:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gczts-0002od-Q4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:43:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eliz by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Gczts-0000kA-4Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:43:40 -0400 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <0863F6090C03574894E8EC51D6071CED0174D087@AZ25EXM04.gddsi.com> (Kevin.Abbott@gdc4s.com) 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:38293 Archived-At: > Content-class: urn:content-classes:message > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:42:50 -0700 > From: "Abbott, Kevin-p98710" > > - I have emacs 21.3 running on a windows machine (XP).=20 > - Also I have cygwin on the same machine. > - I downloaded the latest ispell software and the program is located at > C:\usr\local\bin. (emacs finds and runs the ispell program) > - The ispell library (dictionary (english.hash) is located at > C:\usr\local\lib ---I have checked the dictionary is at this location > > > - When run ispell (M-x ispell or from the menu) the ispell program is > fouind and starts running. However, I keep getting the error message > "can't open /usr/local/lib/english.hash." > - I don't see any variables to change the location and emacs can > find the ispell program which is on the same branch. > > Any help/suggestions? Use the ispell-change-dictionary command to point Ispell to the actual location of the english.hash file, including the drive letter and the leading directories.