Re: Jed problem(s) fixed... issues resolved...

["G. Milde" <g.milde@xxxxxx>]

On  7.01.06, Dave Laird wrote:
 
> [STEP 1]
> 
> Download the latest version of Jed appropriate to your favorite Unix/Linux
> operating system. While you are at it, also go to the Jed Repository and
> download all the files necessary to build a working copy of Ispell,
> including Ispell or Aspell, if your Unix/Linux distribution already
> includes Ispell or Aspell with your distribution. 

AFAIK, there are no source files for Ispell/Aspell at the Jed Modes Repository
(Jedmodes.sf.net). It comes either with your Linux distribution or should be
downloaded from its respective site.

> These include the following files:
> 
> Source files for Ispell to work. You must have them all, but they are
> small and take very little time to download:
> 
> flyspell.sl ispell.otl ispell.sl ispell_common.sl ispell_init.sl look.sl
> vispell.sl 
> 
> The Flyspell function(s) in Jed  also require you download:
> 
> bufutils menutils

Ah, I see you mean the files for the "Jed ispell mode" -- i.e. the script to
access ispell/aspell from within Jed.

> [STEP 2]
> 
> Install the RPM or DEB files you downloaded to your operating system,
> carefully noting where the installation process creates the Jed $HOME
> directory, since that is where all the components of Jed reside. 

You can always find this out from a running Jed by 
Help>Describe_Variable JED_ROOT

> STEP 3]
> 
> If you are going to use Jed as a text editor in anything remotely
> resembling production work OR if you want to truly use either Ispell or
> Aspell to perform spell-checking as you write, you will need to copy the
> files for Ispell you downloaded over to the Jed/$HOME and install them
> there. 

As Paul already stated, I'd rather recommand

* Create a directory ~/.jed/lib/ and put the *.sl files there.
* In your .jedrc file add e.g.:
   
   set_jed_library_path(expand_filename("~/.jed/lib") 
   + "," + get_jed_library_path());
 
  (or get jedmodes.sf.net/libdir/ and read its documentation for a more
   convenient and throughout way).
   
> First, go to your jed/$HOME directory and (in Unix/Linux) become the root
> super-user. 

Not needed with the installation in ~/.jed/lib

> Using Jed, open the file named ispell_init.sl and on
> approximately line 49 you will see a series of lines that read:
> 
> public variable Ispell_Letters = Assoc_Type
>   [String_Type,
> 
> "a-zA-ZàèìòùáéíóúäÄëËïÏöÖßüÜâêîôûÀÈÌÒÙÁÉÍÓÚÄËÏÖÜÂÊÎÔÛçÇãÃñÑõÕæøåÆØÅæøåÆØÞþðÐ"];
> 
> You can either alter the line to read as stated below OR you comment the
> existing lines out using the '%' character, and insert a new line that
> reads as follows:
> 
> public variable Ispell_Letters = Assoc_Type[String_Type, "a-zA-Z"]; 
> 
> You will need to make certain of the semicolon at the end, lest it break
> glass. 

This bugfix will hopefully be soon in Jedmode's ispell mode.


> [STEP 5]
> 
> ... look on
> approximately line 40 where it reads:
> 
> % Your spell program.  This could be ispell or aspell.
> custom_variable("Ispell_Program_Name", "ispell");
> 
> You have the option of changing the variable from "ispell" to "aspell",
> thus determining which dictionary you will be using. 

custom_variable is a function that lets the mode author set a default and a
user override this default by defining this variable in his/her .jedrc. So
skip this step and go to
 
> [STEP 4]
> 
> Then, to make all this work each time you start Jed, put the following
> lines in your .jedrc file in your $HOME directory:
> 
> require ("ispell_init");
> define text_mode_hook()
> {
>     flyspell_mode;
> }

If you want to use aspell instead of ispell, add also

Ispell_Program_Name = "aspell";

...


Günter

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