Re: Flyspell error

[sam jesse <revrvr@gmail.com>]

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

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:46 AM, sam jesse <revrvr@gmail.com> wrote:

> OK
>
> I made the code simple to cover my need:
> *********************************************8
> (when (string-equal system-type "windows-nt")
>  (progn
>    (setenv "PATH" "C:/Program Files/Aspell/bin/")
>    (setq exec-path '("C:/Program Files/Aspell/bin") )
>  )
> )
> ***************************************************
>
> 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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