[arch-general] Spell Checking in Emacs

[Mathias Huber]

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?

Do you do 'M-x ispell-change-dictionary' and select a dictionary, and
then 'M-x ispell-buffer'?

HTH,
Mathias