Re: [h-e-w] Installing ispell in Emacs

[Stephen Leake]

HFOverbeck <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> Just installed emacs-21.3 on Windows 98SE and see that I need ispell
> for spell checking. I've scoured the web for simple instructions on
> where to find and how to install ispell in emacs but can't find
> anything that I can understand. I looked at the FAQ but the section on
> ispell is dated and the links are dead.
> 
> Can anyone *please* provide me with---or point me to---step by step
> instructions for obtaining ispell and installing it in emacs? I don't
> come from a Unix environment so many of the instructions I've seen are
> over my head.

You can use aspell, which is now available in Cygwin. Install Cygwin
(which is a good idea anyway) from http://www.cygwin.com/. Select the
aspell package in the Cygwin installer (along with all the other
goodies :). In your .emacs, add:

(setq ispell-program-name "aspell")

All done.


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