I found a way to get working ispell.el for russian: just specify "ru", not "russian" dictionary:
(setq ispell-dictionary "ru") ** Summary changed: - ispell does not work in emacs22 + ispell.el does not check russian emacs22 in utf-8 mode ** Description changed: Binary package hint: emacs M-x ispell-buffer - gives error message "Can't open /usr/lib/ispell/en.hash" or "Can't open /usr/lib/ispell/en_US.hash" depending on selected english or american. If I select russian it does not do anything at all. + + gives error message "Can't open /usr/lib/ispell/en.hash" or "Can't open + /usr/lib/ispell/en_US.hash" depending on selected english or american + (this is not true for Hardy, fixed somewhere). ** Tags added: aspell emacs emacs22 ispell russian utf8 -- ispell.el does not check russian emacs22 in utf-8 mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173524 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs