Aspell question?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 29, 2012, at 17:31, William H. Magill <magill at mac.com> wrote:

> This is probably strictly an Aspell question, not mac ports...
> I'm a long time ispell user converting to Aspell.   I've installed Aspell and its dictionary via mac ports.
> 
> (This is also on a new (Black Thursday) Mac-mini with OSX 10.8.2 and OSX Server 2.2)
> 
> sudo port install aspell
> sudo port install aspell-dict-en
> 
> both apparently installed with no errors.
> 
> to my .emacs file, I've added:
>  (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell")
>  (setq-default ispell-extra-args '("--reverse"))
> 
> I ran "aspell-import
> ( that process complained about /M and similar inclusions in my .ispell_english file, which surprised me.)
> 
> Now, when I run ispell on my emacs buffer, I get:
> 
> "Error: /Users/magill/.aspell.en.pws: The word "personal_ws-1.1 en 635 " is invalid. The character '_' (U+5F) may\
> not appear in the middle of a word."
> 
> This is "sort of true" -- that is the header line created by aspell, and is as is documented at aspell.net
> 
> So the question is: Which is it... an issue with the macports aspell installation or an issue with aspell itself?

Sorry for the delay. I have now updated MacPorts aspell to the latest version, 0.60.6.1. If the problem persists with that version then I suggest you ask the developers of the software.