Re: ispell: internal error ???

* Brian Candler <[email protected]> [2004:05:08:10:57:43+0100] scribed:
> On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 09:23:32PM -0500, Michael D Schleif wrote:
> > How can I tell whether or not ispell support is _actually_ compiled into
> > my instance of sqwebmail-4.0.3?
> 
> # strings /usr/local/share/sqwebmail/libexec/sqwebmail/sqwebmaild | grep ispell
> 
> Also, look in sqwebmail/config.log
> 
> > Everything else sqwebmail appears to function properly: I can send and
> > receive mail as any of several users.  When I create a message, and try
> > to Check spelling, then I get this page:
> > 
> >     Internal error (module sqispell.c, line 316) -
> >         contact system administrator
> > 
> > 
> >     # grep -n ispell ./sqwebmail/sqispell.c | grep 316
> >     316:    if (!ispellptr) enomem();
<snip />

> If you're prepared to upgrade to sqwebmail-4.0.3.20040502, then I can do you
> a patch to report the problem. Oh what the hell, here's the patch anyway.
> 
> Don't do this on a production system: there's a new config file
> ("sqwebmail") and a new startup script
> (/usr/local/share/sqwebmail/libexec/sqwebmaild.rc)

[1] OK, it's done, and I have debugged my problem.  It turns out that my
dictionary is called `american', not `english'.  /var/log/mail.info
showed this:

    sqwebmaild: Can't open /usr/lib/ispell/english.hash^M

Correcting this fixed the problem:

    /usr/local/share/sqwebmail/html/en-us/ISPELLDICT


[2] In mutt, I have always preferred aspell over ispell.  In sqwebmail,
is this a simple drop-in replacement?

    --enable-ispell=/usr/bin/aspell


[3] If I read your sqwebmail-ispelldebug patch correctly, it simply
facilitates logging of ispell related errors -- right?  Is there
anything wrong with leaving this patch in place in production code?

Thank you, very much for your participation.

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