--- a/.emacs-autogen	Mon Feb 21 21:09:27 2011 +0200
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-;; -*- mode: lisp; coding: utf-8; fill-column: 78 -*-
-;;
-;; For load order see README.

--- a/.emacs-autogen.sh	Mon Feb 21 21:09:27 2011 +0200
+++ b/.emacs-autogen.sh	Mon Feb 21 23:38:34 2011 +0200
@@ -7,16 +7,98 @@
 
 cfg=$1
 
-if command -v ispell; then
-  echo >>$cfg
-  echo "(setq-default ispell-program-name \"ispell\")" >>$cfg
-  if [ -e /etc/debian_version ]; then
-    echo "(setq-default ispell-local-dictionary \"british\")" >>$cfg
-  else
-    echo "(setq-default ispell-local-dictionary \"default\")" >>$cfg
-  fi
-elif command -v aspell; then
-  echo >>$cfg
-  echo "(setq-default ispell-program-name \"aspell\")" >>$cfg
-  echo "(setq-default ispell-local-dictionary \"english\")" >>$cfg
-fi
+# Set host_os:
+#   windows, linux, unknown
+# host_distro:
+#   cygwin, debian, unknown
+check_platform() {
+  case `uname -s` in
+    CYGWIN_NT-*)
+      host_os=windows
+      host_distro=cygwin
+      ;;
+    Linux)
+      host_os=linux
+      if [ -e /etc/debian_version ]; then
+        host_distro=debian
+      else
+        host_distro=unknown
+      fi
+      ;;
+    *)
+      host_os=unknown
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+check_ispell() {
+  command -v ispell >/dev/null && return 0 || return 1
+}
+
+check_aspell() {
+  command -v aspell >/dev/null && return 0 || return 1
+}
+
+print_ispell() {
+  echo '(setq-default ispell-program-name "ispell")'
+  case $host_distro in
+    debian)
+      echo '(setq-default ispell-local-dictionary "british")'
+      ;;
+    unknown)
+      echo '(setq-default ispell-local-dictionary "default")'
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+print_aspell() {
+  echo '(setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell")'
+  echo '(setq-default ispell-local-dictionary "en")'
+}
+
+check_speller() {
+  echo
+  echo ';; ================================================================'
+  echo ';; Speller settings (check_speller).'
+  echo
+  check_ispell
+  ispell_present=$?
+  check_aspell
+  aspell_present=$?
+  case $host_os in
+    windows)
+      case $host_distro in
+        cygwin)
+          if [ $aspell_present = 0 ]; then
+            print_aspell
+          elif [ $ispell_present = 0 ]; then
+            print_ispell
+          fi
+          ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+    linux)
+      case $host_distro in
+        debian)
+          if [ $ispell_present = 0 ]; then
+            print_ispell
+          elif [ $aspell_present = 0 ]; then
+            print_aspell
+          fi
+          ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+    *)
+      :
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+# Remove old auto-generated config and fill it by standard header.
+echo ";; -*- mode: lisp; coding: utf-8; fill-column: 78 -*-
+;;
+;; For load order see README.
+" >$cfg
+
+check_platform
+check_speller >>$cfg