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In article <DAVIS.90Apr1030216@waita.mps.ohio-state.edu>
davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu  (John E. Davis) writes:

>   I have a problem with ispell in GNU emacs 18.55.3. The problem is with emacs
> because it does not occur with ispell outside emacs.

Don't assume the problem is with emacs just because it only occurs there.
In fact, your description indicates that the problem is almost certainly in
ispell, since there is *no* way for emacs to tell ispell to discard the
personal dictionary.

Start by typing "ispell -v".  If this says you are running version 2.0.02,
you have a real bug, and you should send me mail at "geoff@ITcorp.com"
saying so.  If not, you need to upgrade.  If you have 2.0.00 or 2.0.01,
you just need to get the patches from me or from an archive site (preferably
the latter).  If you have an earlier version, or if your version does not
recognize the -v switch, you need to get a current version of ispell from
an archive site such as osu-cis.

P.S.  If you feel ambitious, you can prove that it's ispell, not emacs,
as follows:

	% ispell -a
	*newword
	^D

If, at this point, your dictionary only contains "newword," then the bug
is in ispell (don't forget to type the asterisk immediately before "newword").

P.P.S.  If you reply to this posting, watch out for the path used by your
mailer.  Replies should go to "geoff@ITcorp.com", but that's not the account
I'm posting from.

	Geoff Kuenning	geoff@la.locus.com	geoff@ITcorp.com