Re: Flyspell: correcting words

Re: Flyspell: correcting words

[Kevin Rodgers]

gebser@speakeasy.net wrote:

> At 16:06 (UTC-0700) on Thu, 15 Jan 2004 Kevin Rodgers said:
> 
> = gebser@speakeasy.net wrote:
> = 
> = > When, in flyspell-mode, I "M-x flyspell-correct-word", emacs replies 
> = > "flyspell-correct-word must be bound to an event with parameters".
> = 
> = 
> = Why don't you use `M-x flyspell-word'?
> 
> This does nothing at all.  There's nothing in the minibuffer, no error 
> message, the cursor does nothing... it's as if I never entered the 
> command.  
> 
> However, since posting this I discovered that, if I run "M-x
> ispell-word", that seems to do what I want, i.e., checks the spelling, 
> offers alternatives in another window, and allows me to correct the 
> mispelled word or add it to the existing dictionary.  Is this the way 
> it's supposed to work?  If so, it's counter-intuitive.

ispell provides explicit commands to check the spelling of a word or all the

words in a region.  flyspell is a minor mode to check spelling as you type.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

Re: Flyspell: correcting words

[Kevin Rodgers]

gebser@speakeasy.net wrote:

> When, in flyspell-mode, I "M-x flyspell-correct-word", emacs replies 
> "flyspell-correct-word must be bound to an event with parameters".


Why don't you use `M-x flyspell-word'?

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

Re: Flyspell: correcting words

[gebser]

At 16:06 (UTC-0700) on Thu, 15 Jan 2004 Kevin Rodgers said:

= gebser@speakeasy.net wrote:
= 
= > When, in flyspell-mode, I "M-x flyspell-correct-word", emacs replies 
= > "flyspell-correct-word must be bound to an event with parameters".
= 
= 
= Why don't you use `M-x flyspell-word'?

This does nothing at all.  There's nothing in the minibuffer, no error 
message, the cursor does nothing... it's as if I never entered the 
command.  

However, since posting this I discovered that, if I run "M-x
ispell-word", that seems to do what I want, i.e., checks the spelling, 
offers alternatives in another window, and allows me to correct the 
mispelled word or add it to the existing dictionary.  Is this the way 
it's supposed to work?  If so, it's counter-intuitive.

Re: Flyspell: correcting words

[Kester Clegg]

gebser@speakeasy.net writes:

> When, in flyspell-mode, I "M-x flyspell-correct-word", emacs replies 
> "flyspell-correct-word must be bound to an event with parameters".

Maybe you want to quickly auto-correct? If so, you can easily bind that
function to a key press:

;; correct and expand last bad word
(global-set-key (kbd "<f2>") 'flyspell-auto-correct-word) 

This works surprisingly well for simple typos.
 
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Re: Flyspell: correcting words

[gebser]

When I do "M-x flyspell-auto-correct-word" a number of alternative 
spellings are offered in the minibuffer, but I don't know how to select 
a correction from these, nor is it apparent how to create my own 
correction.

tnx for the reply,
ken

At 17:44 (UTC-0000) on Mon, 19 Jan 2004 Kester Clegg said:

= gebser@speakeasy.net writes:
= 
= > When, in flyspell-mode, I "M-x flyspell-correct-word", emacs replies 
= > "flyspell-correct-word must be bound to an event with parameters".
= 
= Maybe you want to quickly auto-correct? If so, you can easily bind that
= function to a key press:
= 
= ;; correct and expand last bad word
= (global-set-key (kbd "<f2>") 'flyspell-auto-correct-word) 
= 
= This works surprisingly well for simple typos.
=  
= 

Flyspell: correcting words

[gebser]

When, in flyspell-mode, I "M-x flyspell-correct-word", emacs replies 
"flyspell-correct-word must be bound to an event with parameters".

Also (probably along the same thread) I'd like to tell flyspell "this 
word under the point is spelled okay."  How would I accomplish this?

Using Emacs v.21.2.1.

tia,
ken