# HG changeset patch
# User Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
# Date 1179294597 0
# Node ID 1d7f2c35bf902b0c27a01bf1bb64db80542ff6c1
# Parent  6518bb67d7fac46b257cd1274dcb64a8ded9bb1a
(ispell-start-process): Defend against bad default-directory.

diff -r 6518bb67d7fa -r 1d7f2c35bf90 lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
--- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el	Tue May 15 07:11:09 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el	Wed May 16 05:49:57 2007 +0000
@@ -2483,7 +2483,12 @@
 (defun ispell-start-process ()
   "Start the ispell process, with support for no asynchronous processes.
 Keeps argument list for future ispell invocations for no async support."
-  (let (args)
+  (let ((default-directory default-directory)
+	args)
+    (unless (and (file-directory-p default-directory)
+		 (file-readable-p default-directory))
+      ;; Defend against bad `default-directory'.
+      (setq default-directory (expand-file-name "~/")))
     ;; Local dictionary becomes the global dictionary in use.
     (setq ispell-current-dictionary
 	  (or ispell-local-dictionary ispell-dictionary))