M-x ispell-buffer works but menu doesn't

[Bill Richter]

In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2002-04-08 on porky.devel.redhat.com
configured using `configure  i386-redhat-linux --prefix=/usr
 --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin
 --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include
 --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var
 --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man
 --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-gcc --with-pop --with-sound' 
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Here's a funny ispell/menus bug one of the users pointed out, but I
cleverly found a smaller example :)

emacs -q &

Delete the top stuff from the *scratch* buffer 

   ;; This buffer is for ... own buffer.

by M-< M-6 C-k

just to be safe.  Then enter in 100 newlines by

C-u 100 <Enter> 

I think I really just want a screenful of newlines.  Then type

i kant spel <RET>

Go to the top of the *scratch* buffer by M-<.

Select "Spell Checking" submenu from "Tools" menu

I get a split window, with new buffer whose modeline reads:

*Choices* -- word kant"

(0) Kant  (1) Kan  (2) Kat  (3) ant  
(4) Kent  (5) cant  (6) Kane  
(7) Kano  (8) kart  (9) Kans  
(:) pant  (;) rant  (<) want  
(=) Janet  (>) Janot  (@) Kandy  
(B) jaunt  (C) Jany  (D) Kanya  


But the word "kant" is not highlighted in the ispell-menu-bug.tex
buffer!  I see only the top of the *scratch* buffer, which is blank.

I know I'm at the top of the buffer, because the *scratch* modeline
says  L 14.  While the actual error is on line 101.

If instead I type M-x ispell-buffer, I get no problems.