Re: ispell file-error "Setting current directory"

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > > > > > "K" == Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> K> please report what these commands display:
>
> I would but Stallman emailed me this patch meaning it's probably fixed
> now. Maybe next time I should forward these pacthes to the list, who
> are in much better position to test them than I, and who should know
> that a fix has already been found.
>
> *** ispell.el   01 Nov 2004 13:20:28 -0500      1.149
> --- ispell.el   23 Nov 2004 17:04:09 -0500      
> ***************
> *** 769,774 ****
> --- 769,776 ----
>         (if buf (kill-buffer buf)))
>         (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *ispell-tmp*"))
>         (erase-buffer)
> +       (unless (file-exists-p default-directory)
> +       (setq default-directory (expand-file-name "~/")))
>         (setq status (call-process
>                     ispell-program-name nil t nil
>                     ;; aspell doesn't accept the -vv switch.

That's not a fix, it's a workaround.  The bug that sets default-directory
to something other than a directory still exists.

--
Kevin Rodgers