From unknown Wed Jun 25 05:42:18 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#12784: spell check does not work Resent-From: Patrick Guidotti Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 12784 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 12784@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.135183857010584 (code B ref -1); Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:43:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Nov 2012 06:42:50 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43971 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TUAxs-0002kd-1Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:42:49 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58544) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9Iz-0000JI-Go for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:56:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9GH-0002I4-OV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:53:42 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:41892) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9GH-0002I0-LX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:53:41 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:32857) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9GF-0005SN-NO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:53:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9GE-0002HK-2k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:53:39 -0400 Received: from mda3.es.uci.edu ([128.200.80.6]:43985) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9GD-0002H1-QW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:53:38 -0400 Received: from esmtp2.es.uci.edu (esmtp2.es.uci.edu [128.195.153.132]) by mda3.es.uci.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id qA24lM61011242 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:47:22 -0700 Received: from Patricks-MacBook-Air.local (adsl-69-234-191-243.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net [69.234.191.243]) (authenticated bits=0) by esmtp2.es.uci.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id qA24lB8P598030 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:47:13 -0700 X-UCInetID: pguidott Message-ID: <5093504C.7000903@math.uci.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:47:08 -0700 From: Patrick Guidotti User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121026 Thunderbird/16.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:42:45 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) tried to use spell check in auctex environment and obtained follwing error message: wrong type argument: stringp, nil. In GNU Emacs 22.3.2 (i386-apple-darwin9.5.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0) of 2008-09-21 on plume.sr.unh.edu - Aquamacs Distribution 1.5 Windowing system distributor `Apple Inc.', version 10.8.2 configured using `configure '--without-x' '--prefix=/usr/local'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8 default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: PDFLaTeX/F Minor modes in effect: reftex-mode: t TeX-fold-mode: t TeX-PDF-mode: t savehist-mode: t smart-frame-positioning-mode: t global-visual-line-mode: t visual-line-mode: t recentf-mode: t encoded-kbd-mode: t osx-key-mode: t tabbar-mwheel-mode: t tabbar-mode: t show-paren-mode: t delete-selection-mode: t pc-selection-mode: t cua-mode: t tooltip-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t utf-translate-cjk-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t abbrev-mode: t Recent input: C-x C-f t e j j a c a c t e M-x i s p e l l - b u f f e r M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g Recent messages: Loading reftex-dcr...done Automatic display of crossref information was turned on Loading preview...done Applying style hooks... done Loading ispell...done Starting new Ispell process [default] ... ispell-check-version: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Starting new Ispell process [default] ... ispell-check-version: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Loading emacsbug...done -- Patrick Guidotti Vice Chair for Graduate Studies Department of Mathematics University of California Irvine Rowland Hall 410F Irvine, CA 92697-3875 tel: 949-824-1266 fax: 949-824-7993 email: gpatrick@math.uci.edu url: http://www.math.uci.edu/~gpatrick From unknown Wed Jun 25 05:42:18 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#12784: spell check does not work Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12784 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Patrick Guidotti Cc: 12784@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 12784-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12784.135183916211549 (code B ref 12784); Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:53:01 +0000 Received: (at 12784) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Nov 2012 06:52:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44021 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TUB7R-00030C-HF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:52:41 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:34361) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TUB7O-000304-Eh for 12784@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:52:39 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUB4g-00071Y-Nr; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:49:50 -0400 From: Glenn Morris References: <5093504C.7000903@math.uci.edu> X-Spook: investigation clones digicash anthrax 9705 Samford Road X-Ran: |>A:>g[>\D{7Uyj3G$R\5n/0S?D~."o`d!$(#*%zl(q-#wC*??gZ=y|w1|)#8}Tb36HcT& X-Hue: white X-Attribution: GM Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:49:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5093504C.7000903@math.uci.edu> (Patrick Guidotti's message of "Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:47:08 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) Patrick Guidotti wrote: > tried to use spell check in auctex environment and obtained follwing > error message: wrong type argument: stringp, nil. > > In GNU Emacs 22.3.2 (i386-apple-darwin9.5.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0) This is a very old version of Emacs. The latest is 24.2. Updating may help. > ispell-check-version: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Please do M-x toggle-debug-on-error, repear the error, and post the backtrace. What is the value of ispell-program-name? From unknown Wed Jun 25 05:42:18 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.428 (Entity 5.428) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Patrick Guidotti Subject: bug#12784: closed (Re: bug#12784: spell check does not work) Message-ID: References: <20627.60268.906890.23005@gnu.org> <5093504C.7000903@math.uci.edu> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 12784 X-Gnu-PR-Package: emacs X-Gnu-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Reply-To: 12784@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:52:02 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1351871522-8406-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1351871522-8406-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #12784: spell check does not work which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 12784@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 12784: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D12784 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1351871522-8406-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 12784-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Nov 2012 15:51:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45812 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TUJXG-0002BI-IG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:51:55 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:43671) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TUJXF-0002BC-D5 for 12784-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:51:53 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUJUT-000872-0c; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:49:01 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <20627.60268.906890.23005@gnu.org> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 11:49:00 -0400 From: Glenn Morris To: 12784-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#12784: spell check does not work In-Reply-To: <5093D781.1020407@math.uci.edu> References: <5093504C.7000903@math.uci.edu> <5093D781.1020407@math.uci.edu> X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 12784-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) Patrick Guidotti wrote (on Fri, 2 Nov 2012 at 07:24 -0700): > Thank you very much! I have installed a newer version and indeed the > problem is not present. Btw the variable ispell-program-name is not > found [no match]. Thanks for letting us know (off-list). ------------=_1351871522-8406-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Nov 2012 06:42:50 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43971 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TUAxs-0002kd-1Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:42:49 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58544) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9Iz-0000JI-Go for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:56:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9GH-0002I4-OV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:53:42 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:41892) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9GH-0002I0-LX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:53:41 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:32857) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9GF-0005SN-NO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:53:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9GE-0002HK-2k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:53:39 -0400 Received: from mda3.es.uci.edu ([128.200.80.6]:43985) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TU9GD-0002H1-QW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:53:38 -0400 Received: from esmtp2.es.uci.edu (esmtp2.es.uci.edu [128.195.153.132]) by mda3.es.uci.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id qA24lM61011242 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:47:22 -0700 Received: from Patricks-MacBook-Air.local (adsl-69-234-191-243.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net [69.234.191.243]) (authenticated bits=0) by esmtp2.es.uci.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id qA24lB8P598030 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:47:13 -0700 X-UCInetID: pguidott Message-ID: <5093504C.7000903@math.uci.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:47:08 -0700 From: Patrick Guidotti User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121026 Thunderbird/16.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: spell check does not work Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:42:45 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) tried to use spell check in auctex environment and obtained follwing error message: wrong type argument: stringp, nil. In GNU Emacs 22.3.2 (i386-apple-darwin9.5.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0) of 2008-09-21 on plume.sr.unh.edu - Aquamacs Distribution 1.5 Windowing system distributor `Apple Inc.', version 10.8.2 configured using `configure '--without-x' '--prefix=/usr/local'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8 default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: PDFLaTeX/F Minor modes in effect: reftex-mode: t TeX-fold-mode: t TeX-PDF-mode: t savehist-mode: t smart-frame-positioning-mode: t global-visual-line-mode: t visual-line-mode: t recentf-mode: t encoded-kbd-mode: t osx-key-mode: t tabbar-mwheel-mode: t tabbar-mode: t show-paren-mode: t delete-selection-mode: t pc-selection-mode: t cua-mode: t tooltip-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t utf-translate-cjk-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t abbrev-mode: t Recent input: C-x C-f t e j j a c a c t e M-x i s p e l l - b u f f e r M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g Recent messages: Loading reftex-dcr...done Automatic display of crossref information was turned on Loading preview...done Applying style hooks... done Loading ispell...done Starting new Ispell process [default] ... ispell-check-version: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Starting new Ispell process [default] ... ispell-check-version: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Loading emacsbug...done -- Patrick Guidotti Vice Chair for Graduate Studies Department of Mathematics University of California Irvine Rowland Hall 410F Irvine, CA 92697-3875 tel: 949-824-1266 fax: 949-824-7993 email: gpatrick@math.uci.edu url: http://www.math.uci.edu/~gpatrick ------------=_1351871522-8406-1--