Re: aspell - Unknown mode: "nroff"

Hi,

I am not fully following everything mentioned, but here one helpful 
tidbit of information. :)

The Aspell config option "filter-path" controls where Aspell looks for 
filters.  This defaults to the same location Aspell looks for 
dictionaries, which defaults to "/usr/lib/aspell".  For help in changing 
this value see http://aspell.net/man-html/Customizing-Aspell.html.
Aspell can also be compiled with a different default for "filter-path", 
but will likely involve having to patch common/config.cpp.

Thanks,
Kevin


On 09/10/2014 06:38 PM, Agustin Martin wrote:
> [Seems that the old hispalinux alias I was using for the subscription is not
> working as expected. Resubscribed with other email in case old one cannot be
> recovered.]
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 04:47:47PM +0200, Kevin Atkinson wrote:
>> [Please keep your reply to the lists. I am CC the list in my replies.]
>>
>> On 08/20/2014 04:43 PM, Cook, Kevin J wrote:
>>> I do not know.  My Sys Admin installed it.  And I am positive he will not
>>> even remember a thing about it.
>>>
>>> Would it be a problem if he just re-installed it?  Does he need to
>>> un-install it first?  Where is the download for him to install it?
>> It may be helpful to uninstall it first.  Tell him Aspell is looking for the
>> file "none.amf" and can't find it.  I can not assist you any more in this
>> matter.
> Hi, Kevin,
>
> This has been reported in Debian as happening when 'data-dir' and 'lib-dir'
> do not match
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/612051
>
> The temporary workaround at that time was to make them match again.
>
> Looking at
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/667592 [libaspell15: please add multiarch support]
>
> I was playing with some things there, and found this problem when 'data-dir'
> and 'lib-dir' are set to diferent values.
>
> I have straced the failing aspell call and seems I know what is happening.
> The relevant parts are, when checking a tex file,
>
> ...
> open("/usr/lib/aspell/tex.amf", O_RDONLY) = 5
> ...
> access("/usr/lib/aspell/tex-filter.info", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> write(2, "Error: The filter \"tex\" does not"..., 40Error: The filter "tex" does not exist.
>
> With 'lib-dir=/usr/lib/aspell' and 'data-dir=/usr/share/aspell', aspell
> installs ".amf" files under /usr/lib/aspell, but installs "*-filter.info"
> under /usr/share/aspell, making aspell fail when looks for tex-filter.info
> under /usr/lib/aspell.
>
> I have been playing with patch below which, once propagated to the autotools
> buildchain, tries to install all filter related things under 'lib-dir'. This
> seems to make aspell work again in such cases.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
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