X-Debbugs-CC: Roni Kallio This was sent to emacs-devel, but never followed up. I'm forwarding to the bug tracker so that we don't lose track of it. ---------- Forwarded message --------- Från: Roni Kallio Date: tors 28 jan. 2021 kl 14:59 Subject: Flyspell error traversal additions To: While consolidating my spell/syntax checking setup, I noticed that flyspell lacks a command to jump to the nearest error that is before the point in a buffer. There exists `flyspell-goto-next-error', which of course loops back to beginning when the end of the buffer is reached, but no equivalent command for going backwards. I have attached a patch that implements backwards traversal, making sure it acts analogous to `flyspell-goto-next-error'. I'd like to open a discussion on whether it would be feasible to have a key binding in `flyspell-mode-map' for this command. For reference, the bindings currently are: C-; -- flyspell-auto-correct-previous-word C-, -- flyspell-goto-next-error C-. -- flyspell-auto-correct-word C-c $ -- flyspell-correct-word-before-point IMO the best course of action would be to modify `flyspell-goto-next-error' to accept a prefix argument. The prefix would control the direction and number of jumps performed; negative arguments would jump backwards -ARG errors (by calling flyspell-goto-previous-error), while positive arguments would jump forwards ARG errors. This would be similar to how commands like `forward-word' handle prefix arguments. This would allow us to leave the mode-map unchanged, but still distribute the improvement to all users. -- Roni Kallio