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Spell-check in Aquamacs Emacs won't work: "Wrong endian order."

This is aquamacs 1.5 on a macbook. Exact error when I try to spell-check:

Error: The file "/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0//en-common.rws" is not in the proper format. Wrong endian order.

ADDED: I indeed had the wrong version of cocoAspell. But installing the right version didn't work until I actually wiped (or renamed) /Library/Application Support/cocoAspell and reinstalled from scratch. That's what had thrown me for a loop. Thanks for the quick answers! Stackoverflow rocks!

Solution

  • I believe you have the wrong version of the coco interface to Aspell for your mac.

    Check this site and download the appropriate version (PowerPC/Intel): http://people.ict.usc.edu/~leuski/cocoaspell/