Re: Flyspell error

[sam jesse <revrvr@gmail.com>]

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OK

I made the code simple to cover my need:
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(when (string-equal system-type "windows-nt")
 (progn
   (setenv "PATH" "C:/Program Files/Aspell/bin/")
   (setq exec-path '("C:/Program Files/Aspell/bin") )
 )
)
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but on M-$ I get

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)



On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Anselm Helbig <
anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com<anselm.helbig%2Bnews2009@googlemail.com>
> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I don't have that much windows experience, but I'll do my best. 8-)
>
> > I tried to put
> > (when (string-equal system-type "windows-nt")
> >   (progn
> >      (setenv "PATH"  C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\
> > WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\
> > QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\WINDOWS\system32\
> > WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;c:\Program Files\Microsoft
> > SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;c:\Program Files\
> > Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;c:\Program Files
> > \Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\
> > Common7\IDE\;C:\Program Files\Aspell\bin\
> > .
> > .
> > .
> >
> > do I need to replace \ with /?
>
> Yes, either with / or you need to double the backslash like this: \\,
> because the Backslash is the quoting character in emacs lisp strings.
>
> > do I need to replace ; with :? and if so, what
> > about the : after the C?
>
> No, I think that would be wrong.
>
> > this setenv, does it modify the PATH in my OS? if
> > so, do I need to be logged in with admin account?
> > and if I do modify it, does it effect my other
> > programs in my windows XP?
>
> You don't need admin rights to change environment variables. It only
> has an effect on programs you start from within emacs.
>
> > I read the setenv and getenv but could not figure
> > out the above.
> > why setenv PATH when there is setq exec-path?
>
> `setenv' sets the environment variable. Whenever emacs uses the OS'
> shell to start a program, the shell will see the value of PATH you set
> in Emacs. However, Emacs can also start a program without using the
> shell, and to this end it has exec-path.
>
> `exec-path' gets set to the list of paths in your PATH environment
> variable when emacs starts. Setting PATH in your .emacs is too late,
> unfortunately. So to have everything in one place, I'd rather not
> touch PATH or exec-path in .emacs, but rather set the system's PATH
> correctly in the first place. This fixes the issue not only for Emacs
> but for all other programs as well. You shouldn't need admin rights to
> do this as this doesn't affect other users.
>
> HTH,
>
> Anselm
>
>
> --
> Anselm Helbig
> mailto:anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com<anselm.helbig%2Bnews2009@googlemail.com>
>

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