GNU bug report logs - #6539
ispell-complete-word looks for wrong file (at least on w32)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:19:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 6539 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, agustin6martin <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#6539: ispell-complete-word looks for wrong file (at least on  w32)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:13:42 +0200

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:45:56 +0200
>> Cc: 6539 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> OK, thanks. The default for ispell-alternate-dictionary is not a full
>> path on w32 so that is a bug.
>
> How would you suggest to fix this "bug"?  I see only 2 possibilities
> (besides leaving this as they are and letting w32 users customize the
> value, as I did): either (a) signal an error, or (b) search the entire
> hard disk storage for a file named `words'.

I would perhaps suggest leaving it as nil on w32. That would make it
more clear that this is not a left over from unix systems, but rather
something a user must setup on w32 systems to make it work.
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