GNU bug report logs - #44318
28.0.50; Problem with ispell/flyspell and ""enchant"" backend

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Message #34 received at 44318 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 44318 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dinkonin <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#44318: 28.0.50;
 Problem with ispell/flyspell and ""enchant"" backend
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:34:33 +0200

> From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020 22:23:44 +0000
> Cc: dinkonin <dinkonin <at> gmail.com>, 44318 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I think Enchant is correct to generate the errors, as it shows that it has been mis-installed. I looked at the
> Arch package, and it depends on libvoikko, so I'm surprised you're getting these errors in the first place.
> 
> However, I think Emacs should be able (like other Enchant-using programs) to cope with this problem,
> particularly as all it should have to do is ignore stderr.
> 
> I think this can be achieved by changing the definition of ispell--call-enchant-lsmod to:

Thanks, but I'm not interested in working around installation problems
of programs we invoke.  It's a slippery slope, with never-ending
additional requests we will have to honor.

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