Bug#2425: ispell thinks `formated' is correct
Package: ispell
Version: 3.1.18-1
chiark:~/junk> cat t
formated
chiark:~/junk> ispell t
[ screen flashes briefly into cursor-lock alternative screen ]
chiark:~/junk> TERM=dumb ispell t
chiark:~/junk> ll /usr/dict/
total 405
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 20 22:28 ./
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 1024 Feb 25 17:19 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 409048 Dec 2 1994 english
chiark:~/junk> ll /usr/lib/ispell/
total 2516
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 20 22:28 ./
drwxr-xr-x 41 root root 4096 Feb 25 17:55 ../
-rw-r--r-- 3 root root 849920 Jan 22 1995 american.hash
-rw-r--r-- 3 root root 849920 Jan 22 1995 americanmed+.hash
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5688 Jan 22 1995 english.aff
-rw-r--r-- 3 root root 849920 Jan 22 1995 english.hash
chiark:~/junk>
When I try using M-$ in Emacs (ispell-word) it tells me
FORMATED is correct because of root FORMATE
There is no word `formate' (and if there were it ought to be a noun
meaning the result when something has formed), and so `formated' is
wrong. In fact, it would usually be a misspelling of `formatted'.
When I installed ispell I asked for the British English dictionary.
Ian.
chiark:~/junk> dpkg -l 'i*' 'w*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Rev Description
+++-============-=========-====-===============================================
in iamerican (no description available)
in ibritish (no description available)
pn ical (no description available)
pn idanish (no description available)
pn idutch (no description available)
pn ifrench (no description available)
pn igerman (no description available)
ii image 1.3.25 1 Linux kernel binary image.
un imapd (no description available)
rn includes (no description available)
ii indent 1.9.1 11 C language source code formatting program
un inews (no description available)
rn inewsinn (no description available)
ii info 3.6 5 Standalone GNU Info documentation browser
un info-browser (no description available)
pn infocom (no description available)
iih inn 1.4sec 7 InterNetNews - News transport system by Rich Sa
ii ircii 2.8.2 1 Internet Relay Chat client
ii ispell 3.1.18 1 An interactive spelling corrector
un ispell-dicti (no description available)
pn itimer (no description available)
ii w3-el 2.2.16 1 This is a hypertext (Specifically World Wide We
pn watch (no description available)
pn wdutch (no description available)
ii wenglish 1.0 3 The english dictionary words for /usr/dict.
pn wfrench (no description available)
pn wgerman (no description available)
pn witalian (no description available)
pn wnorwegian (no description available)
un word-list (no description available)
ii workbone 2.3 3 Simple text-based CD Player
pn wspanish (no description available)
pn wswedish (no description available)
ii wu-ftpd 2.4 17 A powerful replacement for the standard ftpd
chiark:~/junk>
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