From:	Michael Lundh <mlundh AT sw DOT seisy DOT abb DOT se>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Ispell leaves empty file
Date:	05 Feb 1997 07:18:52 +0100
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I have made som further investigations.  Ispell seem to work properly
under cwsdpmi/dos on the 486. The problem that ispell exits with a
empty output file occurs when ispell is run in a dos-box under windows
(3.1).  Could there be some problems with my windows setup?

Michael

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My config.sys is
  SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /P /E:1536
  STACKS=9,256
  DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
  DEVICEHIGH=C:\ADAPTEC\ASPI4DOS.SYS /D
  DEVICEHIGH=C:\ADAPTEC\ASPIDISK.SYS
  DOS=HIGH
  BUFFERS=40
  FILES=40
  COUNTRY=46,437,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS

and my autoexec.bat is
  SET PATH=D:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\CPQDOS;C:\;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\MOUSE;c:\usr\bin
  SET PROMPT=$P$G
  SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
  LH C:\DOS\NLSFUNC C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
  LH C:\CPQDOS\KEYB SV, 437, C:\CPQDOS\KEYBOARD.SYS
  IF NOT EXIST C:\CPQDOS\SAVEDONE.CPQ  CALL SAVEALL /A
  LH C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
  LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.COM
  C:\CPQDOS\MODE.COM CO80
  set MANPATH=c:\usr\man
  set PAGER=less
  set LESS=-isqMu

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