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Re: spell make it work emacs on AppleMac
From: |
Ben Bacarisse |
Subject: |
Re: spell make it work emacs on AppleMac |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:01:54 +0100 |
Richard Smith <null@void.com> writes:
> On AppleMac "Air" - laptop - using as-installed emacs.
I don't know what version that is. What does M-x version say?
> ESC-x ispell not working - nor any other spell command. Have lived
> for years without "spell" program in emacs
What does not working mean? Do you get told there is no such command or
what? What do M-x apropos spell and M-x customize-apropos spell show
you?
> Then couple of days ago, got surprise when accidentally pressed what
> must have been the ESC-tab command - and got spell-check on preceding
> word.
> So ispell is installed?
> Can I get it to work?
>
> Fifteen to twenty years ago, would charge forward typing text making
> many typo's and let ispell sort it all out.
> Miss it terribly - help appreciated.
These days I prefer flyspell-mode which checks as you go, but the ispell
command does give you better information.
> PS - does it make more sense to install a full unix?
> Miss GnuPlot, xfig, the GIMP, etc.
I don't think anyone can answer that for you!
--
Ben.