On Sunday 25 October 2015 01:45:29 Gene Heskett wrote:
> I'm using ispell, and the pws stuff seems to be working, except ispell
> calls it something else. �It appears that it updates the main file as
> the date is today, about the correct GMT time when I added your name:
> gene@coyote:~$ ls -al|grep .ispell
> -rw-r--r-- �1 gene gene � � �920 Oct 10 07:37 .ispell_american
> -rw-r--r-- �1 gene gene � � �278 Oct 24 20:31 .ispell_american-huge <this
> one
> -rw-r--r-- �1 gene gene � � �616 Oct 13 21:58 .ispell_default
>
> But all 3 are quite small, so it must source another master file. �I'd
> have to assume so as theres a whole passel of ispell stuff in /var/lib.

I was using ispell.  But Nick told me how to make Aspell work, so I changed to 
Aspell.

I have now got what I want.  When I make a mistake and add something to my 
personal word list that I shouldn't have, I can easily edit it out. 

I have now looked.   For ispell I have:
lisi@Tux-II:~$ ls -al | grep .ispell
-rw-r--r--   1 lisi lisi        2366 Oct 23 19:06 .ispell_british
-rw-r--r--   1 lisi lisi        5654 Oct 15 21:41 .ispell_default
lisi@Tux-II:~$  
Both lists are long and appear to have words I have added, which is 
corroborated by the dates.

Lisi