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From: barry@joshua.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: Re: ispell questions -- syntax tables, my words file, et al
Keywords: ispell
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Date: 19 Oct 89 08:52:28 GMT
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In article <8910182009.AA04246@asylum.gsfc.nasa.gov> chris@ASYLUM.GSFC.NASA.GOV (Chris Shenton) writes:
>3. Can't find <word> in original text -- Any key to continue
>
>I sometimes get the above message, even though a simple search locates it.

I too have this problem---and I'd like to get rid of it. It usually
happens very near the end of a buffer or region that I run ispell
on. It hangs up and keeps repeating this message til I C-g it.

Frequently, the message is a bit garbled. It says

Can't find Checking matching... in original text -- Any key to continue

and after hitting the space bar a number of times I get


Can't find Checking matching done  in original text -- Any key to continue

and a few more space bars gives

Args out of range: " ",0,1

At which point it will let me out if I hit a key.

It goes into this Can't find... mode even when there are misspelled
words sitting there right in front of it, waiting to be corrected.

Whats going on, and how can I fix it?

Thanks,
Barry Merrimans