Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:22:22 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Ralph Gesler <rgesler AT pacificnet DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Ispell under emacs
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On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Ralph Gesler wrote:

> > First, launch Emacs, then type "M-x emacs-version RET", and tell what
> > did it print in the echo area.
> > 
>  GNU Emacs 20.5 (i386-pc-msdosdjgpp) of Fri Feb 4 2000 on PC

That's the correct version.

> > Next, go to your lisp sibdirectory, type "dir/-w ispell.*", and tell
> > what did that print.
> > 
>   Directory of C:\djgpp\gnu\emacs\lisp
>    ISPELL ELC  44,764  06-28-96  9:53a  ispell.elc
>    ISPELL EL   94,425  06-28-96  8:53a  ispell.el

That's the wrong (old) version, it comes from the Ispell distro.

> > If you downloaded em2005bli.zip, unzip ispell.el as well (the latter
> > is not important, since Emacs will use ispell.elc if it's present).
> 
>   Done and done.  This corrected the problem and ispell under Emacs now
> works.
>   Note: I believe that it is em2005li.zip without the b.

Yes, it's my typo.  Sorry.

>   May I suggest that a statement be added to the README.DOS to the
> effect that when installing Ispell the user answer no when prompted
> during the unzip process about ispell.elc or ispell.el and not allow
> these two files to be over written.

It strikes me as a better solution simply to remove ispell.el and 
ispell.elc from the Ispell distribution.  When I have time to update the 
distribution, that's what I'll do.