On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 06:24:11PM +0200, Mathias Huber wrote: > Hi Steve, > > > When I do any of the emacs commands like ispell-buffer or > > ispell-region and the like, I keep getting a message in the prompt > > line of emacs saying > > "Text is read-only" > > That only concerns the contents auf the mini-buffer (where you enter > commands). Do you use backspace in the mini-buffer? No, I type m-x followed by the commands I listed above. Right now, I've been trying ispell-buffer where the buffer is a plain text file with some text including intentionally miss-spelled words. > Do you do 'M-x ispell-change-dictionary' and select a dictionary, and > then 'M-x ispell-buffer'? I usually just do the ispell-buffer or whatever. Once I tried the change-dictionary command and hit enter to accept the current default. I just tried to ispell-region on this very message I'm typing right now and I still got the Text is read-only message. I've used ispell a long time ago without these problems but now I can't use it at all! I can use aspell out in the text console with no problem but it just won't work in emacs! I don't understand what you mean about the error applying to the mini buffer; I'm trying to spell check the main body, the text; not the prompt. Any other ideas why this isn't working?
