* lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el (flyspell-mode): If there was an error,

say what it was.

Otherwise someone is going to report the same meaningless bug for the
rest of time.

http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5574
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5576
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7272

lisp/ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2010-10-23  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+	* textmodes/flyspell.el (flyspell-mode): If there was an error,
+	say what it was.
+
 	* frame.el (auto-hscroll-mode, cursor-in-non-selected-windows):
 	Sync docs with C version.
 

lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el

@@ -494,9 +494,9 @@ in your .emacs file.
   :keymap flyspell-mode-map
   :group 'flyspell
   (if flyspell-mode
-      (condition-case ()
+      (condition-case err
 	  (flyspell-mode-on)
-	(error (message "Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error")
+	(error (message "Error enabling Flyspell mode:\n%s" (cdr err))
 	       (flyspell-mode -1)))
     (flyspell-mode-off)))
 
@@ -2354,5 +2354,4 @@ This function is meant to be added to `flyspell-incorrect-hook'."
 
 (provide 'flyspell)
 
-;; arch-tag: 05d915b9-e9cf-44fb-9137-fc28f5eaab2a
 ;;; flyspell.el ends here