(ispell-local-dictionary-alist): New variable for customizing local dictionaries not accessable by everyone. (ispell-dictionary-alist): Loads `ispell-local-dictionary-alist'. (ispell-required-version): Changed format `(major minor revision)' to support general pattern matching. (ispell-tex-skip-alists): AMS Tex block comment and `\author' skip region commented out due to incorrect skip potential in std latex. (ispell-word): Removed `when' macro. Fixed bug of not restoring cursor point on small words for calls from `ispell-minor-mode'. (check-ispell-version): Tests and accepts versions major.minor and above, with adjustments for interactions in 3.1.0-3.1.11. (ispell-get-line): No longer skips ispell process special characters. (ispell-comments-and-strings): Removed `when' macro call. (ispell-minor-check): Requires ispell-word to restore cursor point. (ispell-buffer-local-parsing): Supports checking comments only.