bug#47456: 27.1; emacs hangs using aspell in auctex

[Brian Elmegaard]

Without DICTIONARY set I get:
SEARCH PATH:
.;c:/msys64/mingw64/bin/;c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell;c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell;c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts;c:/msys64;%USERPROFILE%/Application
 Data/OpenOffice.org 2/user/wordbook;c:/msys64/mingw64/share/dict/ooo;
AVAILABLE DICTIONARIES (path is not mandatory for -d option):
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_AG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_AU-large
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_AU
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_BS
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_BW
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_BZ
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_CA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_DK
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_GB
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_GH
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_HK
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_IE
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_IN
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_JM
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_NA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_NG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_NZ
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_PH
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_SG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_TT
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_US-large
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_US
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_ZA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_ZW
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_AG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_AU-large
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_AU
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_BS
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_BW
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_BZ
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_CA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_DK
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_GB
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_GH
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_HK
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_IE
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_IN
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_JM
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_NA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_NG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_NZ
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_PH
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_SG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_TT
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_US-large
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_US
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_ZA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_ZW
Can't open affix or dictionary files for dictionary named "default".

With DICTIONARY set or if using -d en_US, the dictionary is loaded:
@(#) International Ispell Version 3.2.06 (but really Hunspell 1.7.0)
SEARCH PATH:
.;c:/msys64/mingw64/bin/;c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell;c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell;c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts;c:/msys64;%USERPROFILE%/Application
 Data/OpenOffice.org 2/user/wordbook;c:/msys64/mingw64/share/dict/ooo;
AVAILABLE DICTIONARIES (path is not mandatory for -d option):
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_AG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_AU-large
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_AU
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_BS
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_BW
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_BZ
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_CA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_DK
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_GB
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_GH
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_HK
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_IE
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_IN
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_JM
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_NA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_NG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_NZ
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_PH
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_SG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_TT
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_US-large
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_US
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_ZA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_ZW
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_AG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_AU-large
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_AU
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_BS
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_BW
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_BZ
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_CA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_DK
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_GB
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_GH
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_HK
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_IE
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_IN
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_JM
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_NA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_NG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_NZ
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_PH
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_SG
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_TT
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_US-large
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_US
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_ZA
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/myspell/dicts/en_ZW
LOADED DICTIONARY:
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_US.aff
c:/msys64/mingw64/share/hunspell/en_US.dic

-----Original Message-----
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> 
Sent: 30. marts 2021 14:33
To: Brian Elmegaard <be@mek.dtu.dk>
Cc: 47456@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47456: 27.1; emacs hangs using aspell in auctex

> From: Brian Elmegaard <be@mek.dtu.dk>
> CC: "47456@debbugs.gnu.org" <47456@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:35:48 +0000
> 
> No, I meant that hunspell 1.7 only worked in emacs if I set the DICTIONARY 
> environment variable. 
> 
> I tried the following in eshell. 
> 
> Without DICTIONARY set in .emacs I get an error:
> ------------
> Welcome to the Emacs shell
> 
> c:/Users/brel/Documents $ (ispell-find-hunspell-dictionaries)
> Can't find Hunspell dictionary with a .aff affix file 
> c:/Users/brel/Documents $ setenv DICTIONARY en_US en_US 
> c:/Users/brel/Documents $ (ispell-find-hunspell-dictionaries)
> Can't find Hunspell dictionary with a .aff affix file
> -------------------------------

What does the following produce when you type it from the cmd prompt?

  hunspell -D -a nul