# HG changeset patch
# User Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
# Date 1179390428 0
# Node ID d3102003ff5d238c920e64b99d32906dc24a081a
# Parent  1b21c23e4f56bf7be419237b9d6d5654232a6c40
(ispell-start-process): Defend against bad default-directory.

diff -r 1b21c23e4f56 -r d3102003ff5d lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
--- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el	Thu May 17 08:02:52 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el	Thu May 17 08:27:08 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))