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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/textmodes/ispell.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/textmodes/ispell.el | 14 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el index 284fea4acd..0ed6c68942 100644 --- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el +++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el @@ -396,19 +396,15 @@ Always stores Fcc copy of message when nil." (defcustom ispell-grep-command - ;; MS-Windows/MS-DOS have `egrep' as a Unix shell script, so they - ;; cannot invoke it. Use "grep -E" instead (see ispell-grep-options - ;; below). - (if (memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos)) "grep" "egrep") + "grep" "Name of the grep command for search processes." :type 'string :group 'ispell) (defcustom ispell-grep-options - (if (memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos)) "-Ei" "-i") + "-Ei" "String of options to use when running the program in `ispell-grep-command'. -Should probably be \"-i\" or \"-e\". -Some machines (like the NeXT) don't support \"-i\"." +Should probably be \"-Ei\"." :type 'string :group 'ispell) @@ -2678,8 +2674,8 @@ SPC: Accept word this time. (defun ispell-lookup-words (word &optional lookup-dict) "Look up WORD in optional word-list dictionary LOOKUP-DICT. A `*' serves as a wild card. If no wild cards, `look' is used if it exists. -Otherwise the variable `ispell-grep-command' contains the command used to -search for the words (usually egrep). +Otherwise the variable `ispell-grep-command' contains the command +\(usually \"grep\") used to search for the words. Optional second argument contains the dictionary to use; the default is `ispell-alternate-dictionary', overridden by `ispell-complete-word-dict' |