Ispell.el ChangeLogs

ChangeLogs posted here started from version 2.38

• ChangeLogs for ispell.el
  • Version 3.6 ChangeLog
  • Version 3.5 ChangeLog
  • Version 3.4 ChangeLog
  • Version 3.3 ChangeLog
  • Version 3.2 ChangeLog
  • Version 3.1 ChangeLog
  • Version 3.0 ChangeLog
  • Version 2.38 ChangeLog

Version 3.6 ChangeLog

• General Information
  • Released 6 Jan 2003 kss
• Overview of major changes (reported or contributed if not by kss):
  • Only valid dictionaries are shown now when changing dictionaries.
  • Redundant dictionary file names purged (Pavel Janik)
  • Dictionary definition field name changed from "Character Set" to "Coding System".
  • Spelling menu improvements.
  • Bug Fix: Reloading default dictionary was ignored.
  • Bug Fix: Error occurred when the end of a e-mail message is inside a mime-skipped region.

ChangeLog:

* ispell.el
Modified the headers to reflect the new version.
`ispell' defgroup now evaluated at load time.
Dictionary menu logic simplified with a new function. The menu code was simplified and improved.


(ispell-alternate-dictionary): Added an additional search path.

(ispell-local-dictionary-alist): Docstring expanded. Tag name changed from "Character Set" to "Coding System".

(ispell-dictionary-alist-1): Removed redundant command-line option to load brasileiro, british, and castellano dictionary files.

(ispell-dictionary-alist-2): Removed redundant command-line option to load czech dictionary file.

(ispell-dictionary-alist-4): Italiano dictionary and file now named the same.

(ispell-dictionary-alist-5): Removed redundant command-line option to load norsk, polish, and portugues dictionary files.

(ispell-dictionary-alist-6): Removed redundant command-line option to load russian and slovak dictionary files.

(ispell-dictionary-alist): Tag name changed from "Character Set" to "Coding System".

(ispell-version): Updated to 3.6.

(valid-dictionary-list): New function returning all valid dictionaries.

(ispell-skip-region-alist): Improved http/e-mail/file regexp so it doesn't match `/.\w'.

(ispell-graphic-p): Variable removed.

(ispell-mode-line-window-height-fudge): Now only adds line when the XEmacs display is graphical due to shadowed mode lines.

(ispell-help): Use default buffer size for electric help.

(ispell-start-process): Don't double specify dictionary file name.

(ispell-change-dictionary): Now only completes valid dictionaries.

(ispell-process-line): Updated comment string.

(ispell-message): Fixed bug when the end of the message text being checked is inside a mime-skipped region.

(ispell-buffer-local-dict): Fixed bug for detecting and reloading new dictionary when local dictionary not defined.

Version 3.5 ChangeLog

• General Information
  • Released 11 July 2001 kss
• Overview of major changes (reported or contributed if not by kss):
  • Support for MIME messages and regions!
  • New feature to allow user to skip saving of Fcc messages with large attachments.
  • Bug fix: retain comment syntax on lines with region skipping. E.g. when a Tex $ region spans multiple lines.
  • Added region support for postscript and uuencodings.
  • Added Portuguese and Slovakian dictionaries.
  • Support for emacs-21 enlarged modeline size.
  • `check-ispell-version' autoloaded, improving ability to debug installations
  • Added support for `aspell'.
  • Minibuffer cleared when help message aborted with Ctl-g (Tak Ota)

ChangeLog:

* ispell.el Set to standard author/maintainer/keyword fields.
Emacs menu map not initialized when byte-compiling.
XEmacs ispell menu moved to Cmds menu item.

(ispell): new function, no longer defalias for ispell-buffer.
Selects `ispell-buffer' or `ispell-region'.

(ispell-choices-win-default-height): unified with XEmacs modeline.

(ispell-message-fcc-skip): new variable that determines if and when to query about saving Fcc copy of message if an attachment is large.

(ispell-skip-html): now a buffer-local variable.

(ispell-dictionary-alist-5): added Portuguese dictionary.

(ispell-dictionary-alist-6): added Slovakian dictionary.

(check-ispell-version): now autoloaded.
Checks for aspell, and process is started with -v flag instead of -vv flag. This looses library support.
Include extra version info when called interactively.

(ispell-library-path): set to nil when byte-compiling.

(ispell-checking-message): documentation string reflects expanded use.

(ispell-skip-region-alist): improved regexps and support MIME region skipping.

(ispell-html-skip-alists): new variable for html region support.

(ispell-graphic-p): new variable for wide modeline support.

(ispell-mode-line-window-height-fudge): new function for wide modeline support.

(ispell-send-string): fix spelling error in comment.
XEmacs doesn't need `coding-system-for-read|write' variable set.

(ispell-word): fix spelling error in documentation string.
Added extent information to support highlighting in ispell-minor-mode.

(ispell-choices-win-default-height): new function that includes modeline height fudge.

(ispell-command-loop): support unified modeline height fudging.
Disable horizontal scrollbar in XEmacs choices buffer.

(ispell-show-choices): support unified modeline height fudging.
Directly select `choices-window'.

(ispell-help): support unified modeline height fudging.
Clear minibuffer when aborted with Ctl-g.

(ispell-overlay-window): use `vertical-motion' rather than `forward-line'.

(ispell-parse-output): fix documentation string spelling error.

(ispell-init-process): set `ispell-library-path' each call.

(ispell-change-dictionary): fix documentation string error.

(ispell-region): added support for MIME region skipping and Fcc message query for large attachments.

(ispell-begin-skip-region-regexp): added documentation string.
Added message support and cleaned up code for generic and html regions.

(ispell-begin-skip-region): function now generic to alist.

(ispell-begin-tex-skip-regexp): added comments.

(ispell-skip-region-list): new function for MIME and region skipping.

(ispell-tex-arg-end): added documentation string.

(ispell-ignore-fcc): new function to query saving Fcc message.

(ispell-skip-region): calculates alist for key match dynamically.
html skipping pushed to alists.

(ispell-get-line): add support for multi-line comment regions.

(ispell-message-text-end): postscript and uuencoded regions now supported as MIME regions, rather than as end-of-message region.

(ispell-mime-multipartp): new function supporting MIME.

(ispell-mime-skip-part): new function supporting MIME.

(ispell-message): add MIME support.

(ispell-buffer-local-parsing): variable `ispell-skip-html' now local.

Version 3.4 ChangeLog

• General Information
  • Released 4 Aug 2000 kss
• Overview of major changes (reported or contributed if not by kss):
  • Support for synchronous processes - DOS/Windoze. (Eli Zaretskii)
  • Fixed an `alignment error' bug when a manual spelling correction is entered.
  • HTML region skipping greatly improved - and syntax checking more forgiving on common errors. (Chuck D. Phillips)
  • Added Italian dictionary definition. (William Deakin)
  • Region skipping performance vastly improved when `-' characters exist in buffer.
  • Buffer-local words are now always placed on a new line at end of buffer. (Dave Love)

ChangeLog:

* ispell.el: Set to standard author/maintainer/keyword fields.
Fine tuning to menu map appearance and operation, and added help.
Remove `start' and `end' error messages when compiling.


(debug-ignored-errors): Ignore message for no word found.

(ispell-skip-html): renamed from ispell-skip-sgml.

(ispell-dictionary-alist-1): renamed brasiliano dictionary to brasileiro.
Fixed regexp in castellano and castellano8 dictionaries.

(ispell-dictionary-alist-3): Fixed regexp in francais dictionary.

(ispell-dictionary-alist-4): Fixed regexp in francais-tex dictionary
Added italiano dictionary.

(ispell-cmd-args): New variable.

(ispell-skip-region-alist): Removed regexp thrashing when `-' is a word character

(ispell-async-processp, ispell-output-buffer, ispell-session-buffer): New variables for when async processes unsupported.

(ispell-accept-output, ispell-send-string, ispell-process-status, ispell-start-process): New functions for ispell invocation when async subprocesses are not supported.

(ispell-word, ispell-pdict-save, ispell-command-loop, ispell-init-process, ispell-kill-ispell, ispell-process-line, ispell-buffer-local-parsing, ispell-buffer-local-words): Call new functions and update to support system versions without async processes.

(ispell-process-line): Fix alignment error when manually correcting spelling.

(ispell-begin-skip-region-regexp, ispell-skip-region, ispell-minor-check): Improved html skipping support to skip across code.
Recognize `&' commands without proper `;' syntax;

(ispell-highlight-spelling-error): Support new color display functions.

(ispell-add-per-file-word-list): Always put local word list on new line.

Version 3.3 ChangeLog

• General Information
  • Released 29 Nov 1999 kss
• Overview of major changes (reported or contributed if not by kss):
  • Only valid dictionaries now show in menus.
  • Only word replacements from keyboard are rechecked by ispell process.
    This fixes longstanding bug in spell checking LaTeX buffers.
  • Bug in text parsing and misalignment fixed.
  • Recursive editing improved.
  • Numerous improvements for XEmacs.
  • XEmacs fix for `enable-multibyte-characters' (Didier Verna)
  • Russian dictionary doesn't check run-together words, uses KOI8 chars.
  • Spell checking no longer skips TT fonts in HTML.

ChangeLog:

* ispell.el: Only define dictionaries in menus when they exist.

version18p: New variable.

version20p: New variable.

xemacsp: New variable.

ispell-choices-win-default-height: Fix for XEmacs visibility.

ispell-dictionary-alist1: Added Brasileiro dictionary.

ispell-dictionary-alist6: Russian command lines no longer accept run-together words.

ispell-local-dictionary-alist: Add koi8-r to customize definition.

ispell-dictionary-alist: Add koi8-r to customize definition.

(check-ispell-version): Added documentation string.
Returns library path when called non-interactively.

ispell-menu-map-needed: Uses new variables.

ispell-library-path: New variable.

(ispell-decode-string): XEmacs fix for bogus variable bindings.

(ispell-word): Improved documentation string.
Test for valid character mappings.
Correctly check typed in word changes that can result in single words split into multiple words.
Returns replacement word.

(ispell-command-loop): Fixes XEmacs display bugs.
Show word to replace in recursive query replace mode.
Help message for recursive edit mode.

(ispell-show-choices): Protect against bad framepop bindings.

(ispell-help): Fix to work with XEmacs.

(ispell-highlight-spelling-error): Use new variables.

(ispell-overlay-window): Fix to work with XEmacs.

(ispell-parse-output): Passed and returns location information tracking spelling corrections.
Doesn't recheck same word on current line.

(ispell-init-process): Protect against bogus XEmacs variable binding.
Fix call to single argument in sleep-for.
Use new variables.

(ispell-region): Passed and returns location information tracking spelling corrections.
Doesn't check same word on current line.
Improved documentation string.
Doesn't resend a line already checked to the ispell process - fixes bug in LaTeX parsing.

(ispell-begin-skip-region-regexp): No longer skips TT in SGML.

(ispell-skip-region): No longer skips \TT in SGML.

(ispell-process-line): Tracks location information with spelling corrections.
Added documentation string.
Accounts for words already accepted on this line.
Don't allow query-replace on line starting with math characters.
Doesn't resend a line already sent to ispell process.
Fixes alignment error bug.

Version 3.2 ChangeLog

• General Information
  • Released 07 May 1999 kss
• Overview of major changes (reported or contributed if not by kss):
  • Fixed `ispell-word' bug for words less than 2 chars long.
  • Simplified `ispell-minor-mode'
  • Fixed bug in TeX parsing when math commands are in comments.
  • Removed calls to `when' macro.

ChangeLog:

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Version 3.1 ChangeLog

• General Information
  • Released 01 Dec 1998 kss
• Overview of major changes (reported or contributed if not by kss):
  • Improved and fixed customize support.
  • A coding system is now required for all languages - for MULE support.
  • casechars improved for Castallano and Norsk dictionaries
  • Polish dictionary added.
  • Dictionaries and menus redefined at load time to support user changes.
  • Spelling suggestion order returned as generated by ispell.
  • Bug fix for `ispell-complete-word' to respect case.
  • Multibyte character support added for MULE.
  • Skipping support for SGML improved.
  • Process fixes when restarting ispell with new dictionary.
  • Fixed bug in `ispell-minor-check'
  • Fixed bug in returning to text mode from latex mode.

ChangeLog:

not available.

Version 3.0 ChangeLog

• General Information
  • Released 29 Apr 1998 kss
• Overview of major changes (reported or contributed if not by kss):
  • Generalized region skipping added.
  • Code and string comment checking support added.
  • Customize added, with support for emacs without customize.
  • XEmacs fixes for version control.
  • Added dictionaries Castallano, Czech, Experanto, Norsk, Russian.
  • Recursive edit support improved.
  • Highlighting supports block cursors for when using telnet.
  • Fixed bug in ispell-minor-mode interaction.
  • Interior word fragments can be expanded into choices.

ChangeLog:

* ispell.el: Generalized region skipping added.
Checks comments only in code.
Added backward compatible support for customize.
Improved customize to include additional variables: ispell-query-replace-choices, ispell-message-dictionary-alist, ispell-grep-command, ispell-grep-options, ispell-look-command, ispell-look-options, ispell-use-ptys-p, ispell-local-dictionary, ispell-dictionary-alist.
Fixed type of custom variables: ispell-help-in-bufferp.
Changed string compares for version number to be correct for XEmacs.
Fixed to work with string properties.
Capitalize XEmacs correctly, and change lucid to XEmacs in code.
variable ispell-menu-lucid changed to ispell-menu-xemacs.

ispell-use-framepop-p: new variable.

ispell-dictionary-alist: added dictionaries: Castallano, Castallano8 Czech, Experanto, Experanto-tex, Norsk, Russian.


ispell-recursive-edit-marker: new marker saving return point.

ispell-skip-region-alist: new variable defining regions.

ispell-tex-skip-alists: new variable for LaTeX regions.

ispell-skip-sgml: now buffer-mode aware.

ispell-highlight-p: support block cursors.

ispell-message-text-end:Don't check signatures.

(ispell-comments-and-strings): new function to check comments/strings, added to menu.

(ispell-int-char): new function for character incrementing.

(ispell-word): Produces message on error when called from ispell-minor-mode. Potential infinite loop removed.

(ispell-command-loop): prevent XEmacs modeline hiding.
Allow temporary split of dedicated windows.
Improve recursive edit support.
Support block cursors.

(ispell-show-choices): New function cleaning up command loop.

(ispell-highlight-spelling-error-generic): Block cursor support added.

(ispell-highlight-spelling-error-xemacs): block cursor, name change.

(ispell-overlay-window): dedicated window splitting, XEmacs changes.

(ispell-parse-output): Displays ispell process error messages.

(check-ispell-version): Interactive mode that shows ispell versions.

(ispell-begin-skip-region-regexp): New region skipping function.

(ispell-begin-tex-skip-regexp): New tex mode region skipping function.

(ispell-begin-skip-region): New region skipping function.

(ispell-tex-arg-end): New tex mode region skipping function.

(ispell-skip-region): New region skipping function.

(ispell-get-line): New function to clean up command loop.

(ispell-process-line): New function cleaning up command loop.

(ispell-continue): Improve recursive editor support.

(ispell-complete-word): Interior fragment support improved.

(ispell-message): Region skipping vastly improved.

Version 2.38 ChangeLog

• General Information
  • Released Fri Dec 15 1995 kss
• Overview of major changes (reported or contributed if not by kss):
  • Fixed problem with checking comments.
  • Updated ispell-message for gnus 5 (Ethan Bradford)
  • Buffer-substring change to fix font-lock mode. (Dave Love)
  • Improved regexps for ispell matching (Michael Ernst)
  • General region improvements: (Christoph Wedler)
  • User-defined XEmacs edit menu: (Wedler)
  • case-fold-search set improperly. (Jose M Figueroa-O'Farrill)
  • Norwegian dictionary. (Stig Bjorlykke)

ChangeLog:

* ispell.el: Re-added autoloads, and documentation on how to override autoloads with modified dictionaries. Moved some defvars around to eliminate compilation warnings.

(ispell-use-framepop-p): added variable for displaying errors in dedicated frame.

(ispell-highlight-p): setting to 'block uses cursor to highlight ttys.

(ispell-look-command): searches for look in binary directories.

(ispell-dictionary): improved documentation, resplit dictionary into several variables.

(ispell-offset): variable usage inverted.

(ispell-skip-sgml): variable usage simplified and corrected.

(ispell-word): query-replace support added.

(ispell-command-loop): split out function ispell-show-choices. Added block cursor support. Recursive editing effectively added.

(ispell-show-choices): new function split out from ispell-command-loop

(ispell-help): added electric support.

(ispell-highlight-spelling-error-generic): block cursor support added.

(ispell-highlight-spelling-error): block cursor support added.

(ispell-check-version): changed word boundary regexps to \< and \>

(ispell-region): Split out functions ispell-get-line and ispell-process-line. Markers used to support recursive editing.

(ispell-get-line): New function split out from ispell-region.

(ispell-process-line): New function split out from ispell-region.

(ispell-continue): restarts on word boundary now.

(ispell-complete-word): wildcard generation improvement.

(ispell-minor-check): not check backwards across new lines or spaces.

(ispell-message-text-end): Match reporter.el bug reports.

(ispell-buffer-local-parsing): html mode support improved. Searches backward from end of buffer now.

(ispell-buffer-local-dict): search backward from buffer end.

(ispell-add-per-file-word-list): reg-end no longer needed.

(ispell-buffer-local-words): word length filter added for robustness.

(ispell-init-process): accept-process-output change for emacs-18