flyspell

flyspell

[Tim Cross]

I just decided to start using flyspell again. I previously used it
under emacs 20 on a redhat linux box. However, I can't seem to get it
workin under emacs 21 running on a debian wooddy box. 

If I open a file in text mode and type M-x flyspell-mode it appears to be
loading fine and tells me the next search will use the british
dictionary. However, if I mis-spell a word it is not picked up at
all. THe mode line has Fly in it, so it appears it is loaded, but it
is not checking the spelling. 

I've looked at the docs and the flyspell behavior I am after appears
to be the default, so I gather it should just work as expected by
loading the mode. Also, the text-mode-hook I use to use to load
flyspell in all text modes does not appear to be working. Ispell is
working fine and I can perform a spell check of a buffer using it, but
flyspell mode just does not appear to be functioning. 

So, my question - what has changed with flyspell in emacs 21.2 and
what am I missing? An example of a typical flyspell config would be
helpful. 

Tim

Re: flyspell

[Matt Armstrong]

In article <87elarclvn.fsf@blind-bat.une.edu.au>, Tim Cross wrote:
> 
> I just decided to start using flyspell again. I previously used it
> under emacs 20 on a redhat linux box. However, I can't seem to get it
> workin under emacs 21 running on a debian wooddy box. 

You might try running "emacs -q", then load a file, run flyspell mode
and see if it works.  If it does, the problem is with your local config.


-- 
matt

Re: flyspell

[Charles Muller]

Tim Cross wrote:

> what am I missing? An example of a typical flyspell config would be
> helpful. 

I don't know if this is *typical* or not. I was having a heck of a time
getting flyspell to run according the instructions I had found, but finally succeeded with this configuration,
which as you can see, is added in with some other text-mode hooks.

Chuck

-----------------------------------

(require 'flyspell)

(setq default-major-mode 'text-mode)
(setq text-mode-hook
      '(lambda nil
	 (setq fill-column 76)
	 (auto-fill-mode 1)
	 (flyspell-mode 1)))

 

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Re: flyspell

[Tim Cross]

Tim Cross <tcross@nospam.une.edu.au> writes:

> I just decided to start using flyspell again. I previously used it
> under emacs 20 on a redhat linux box. However, I can't seem to get it
> workin under emacs 21 running on a debian wooddy box. 
> 
Just a follow-up to my own post. It turns out the problem is with
the emacspeak package I also use - it seems flyspell has changed
substantially since the version in emacs 20 and the 'advice' which
emacspeak uses to add voice locking support needs to be updated to
work with the newer version. 

Thanks to those who provided suggestions/help.

Tim

Flyspell

[Tormod Omholt-Jensen]

I try to run flyspell and ntemacs.  When a erronenous word occures, the
word is underlined and turned red. Flyspell tells me to hit mouse button2
to correct word at point. Hitting either mouse button yields no action at
all. Anyone has an idea of the reason for this and/or how to fix it?

Regards Tormod Omholt-Jensen

Re: Flyspell

[Jesper Harder]

Tormod Omholt-Jensen <toj@pvv.org> writes:

> I try to run flyspell and ntemacs.  When a erronenous word occures,
> the word is underlined and turned red. Flyspell tells me to hit mouse
> button2 to correct word at point. Hitting either mouse button yields
> no action at all. Anyone has an idea of the reason for this and/or how
> to fix it?

If your mouse has a scroll wheel, that's button 2.  (Emacs sort of
assumes a 3 button mouse, so button2 would be the middle button).

If you do `C-h k' and press a mouse button, Emacs will tell you which
button it thinks you pressed.

See also the ntEmacs FAQ:

    <http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/faq4.html#mouse>

Re: Flyspell

[ken]

If you don't have a three-button mouse, then the "second" mouse button 
means pressing both at the same time.


hth,
ken

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Spake Tormod Omholt-Jensen at 16:04 (UTC+0100) on Thu, 14 Nov 2002:

= 
= I try to run flyspell and ntemacs.  When a erronenous word occures, the
= word is underlined and turned red. Flyspell tells me to hit mouse button2
= to correct word at point. Hitting either mouse button yields no action at
= all. Anyone has an idea of the reason for this and/or how to fix it?
= 
= Regards Tormod Omholt-Jensen
= 
= _______________________________________________
= Help-gnu-emacs mailing list
= Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
= http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
= 

Re: Flyspell

[Benjamin Lewis]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, ken@cleveland.lug.net wrote:

> If you don't have a three-button mouse, then the "second" mouse button 
> means pressing both at the same time.

... assuming you have this emulation enabled in your XF86Config.

-- 
Benjamin Lewis

Now is the time for all good men to come to.
                -- Walt Kelly

Re: Flyspell

[Jason Rumney]

Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:

> Tormod Omholt-Jensen <toj@pvv.org> writes:
> 
> > I try to run flyspell and ntemacs.  When a erronenous word occures,
> > the word is underlined and turned red. Flyspell tells me to hit mouse
> > button2 to correct word at point. Hitting either mouse button yields
> > no action at all. Anyone has an idea of the reason for this and/or how
> > to fix it?
> 
> If your mouse has a scroll wheel, that's button 2.  (Emacs sort of
> assumes a 3 button mouse, so button2 would be the middle button).

And if you have a 2 button mouse, generally the middle mouse button
can be simulated by pressing both buttons at once (this is built into
the Windows version of Emacs, and also built into many X Servers,
including XFree86).

Re: Flyspell

[Michael Hudson]

Jason Rumney <jasonr@btinternet.co> writes:

> Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
> 
> > Tormod Omholt-Jensen <toj@pvv.org> writes:
> > 
> > > I try to run flyspell and ntemacs.  When a erronenous word occures,
> > > the word is underlined and turned red. Flyspell tells me to hit mouse
> > > button2 to correct word at point. Hitting either mouse button yields
> > > no action at all. Anyone has an idea of the reason for this and/or how
> > > to fix it?
> > 
> > If your mouse has a scroll wheel, that's button 2.  (Emacs sort of
> > assumes a 3 button mouse, so button2 would be the middle button).
> 
> And if you have a 2 button mouse,

What if I have a one-button mouse (i.e. a Mac)?

Cheers,
M.

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    it. Geniuses remove it.
  -- Alan Perlis, http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html

Re: Flyspell

[Andrew Choi]

Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net> writes:

> > > Tormod Omholt-Jensen <toj@pvv.org> writes:
> > > 
> > > > I try to run flyspell and ntemacs.  When a erronenous word
> > > > occures, the word is underlined and turned red. Flyspell tells
> > > > me to hit mouse button2 to correct word at point. Hitting either
> > > > mouse button yields no action at all. Anyone has an idea of the
> > > > reason for this and/or how to fix it?
> [...]
> 
> What if I have a one-button mouse (i.e. a Mac)?

Try binding it to C-S-mouse-1, e.g.,

(add-hook
 'flyspell-mode-hook
 '(lambda () 
    (define-key flyspell-mode-map [(C-S-mouse-1)] 'flyspell-correct-word)))

Re: Flyspell

[Edward Dodge]

Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net> writes:

> What if I have a one-button mouse (i.e. a Mac)?
> 
> Cheers,
> M.

You go out to Wal-Mart and buy an $18 USB Logitech Wheelman and plug
it into your Mac.  Problem solved.

Edward

Re: Flyspell

[Michael Hudson]

Edward Dodge <someone@g3.com> writes:

> Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net> writes:
> 
> > What if I have a one-button mouse (i.e. a Mac)?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > M.
> 
> You go out to Wal-Mart and buy an $18 USB Logitech Wheelman and plug
> it into your Mac.  Problem solved.

I have one of them, but my Mac is an iBook...

Cheers,
M.

-- 
31. Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
  -- Alan Perlis, http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html

Re: Flyspell

[Schone Mullerin]

In article <m2vg28xwsn.fsf@localhost.bris.ac.uk>, Michael Hudson wrote:
>> You go out to Wal-Mart and buy an $18 USB Logitech Wheelman and plug
>> it into your Mac.  Problem solved.
> 
> I have one of them, but my Mac is an iBook...

Which has a usb port, no?

Re: Flyspell

[Michael Hudson]

Schone Mullerin <smullerin@deutsches.lieder.net> writes:

> In article <m2vg28xwsn.fsf@localhost.bris.ac.uk>, Michael Hudson wrote:
> >> You go out to Wal-Mart and buy an $18 USB Logitech Wheelman and plug
> >> it into your Mac.  Problem solved.
> > 
> > I have one of them, but my Mac is an iBook...
> 
> Which has a usb port, no?

Yes, but I use my iBook in situations where using an external mouse
would be inconvenient.

Cheers,
M.

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 "The future" has arrived but they forgot to update the docs.
                                        -- R. David Murray, 9 May 2000

Re: Flyspell

[Jason Rumney]

Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net> writes:

> Yes, but I use my iBook in situations where using an external mouse
> would be inconvenient.

So get a trackball instead.

Re: Flyspell

[Michael Hudson]

Jason Rumney <jasonr@btinternet.co> writes:

> Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net> writes:
> 
> > Yes, but I use my iBook in situations where using an external mouse
> > would be inconvenient.
> 
> So get a trackball instead.

No.  Attempts to educate me in the proper use of my computer are
appreciated[*], but my original question was answered at least a week
back...

Cheers,
M.
[*] note sarcasm, please.

-- 
  MAN:  How can I tell that the past isn't a fiction designed to
        account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical
        sensations and my state of mind?
                   -- The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Episode 12

flyspell

[Hadron Quark]

If I add the flyspell minor mode to  my gnus message mode, is there a
way to "add word" to flyspell's dictionaries? "C-h a flyspell" shows nothing
similar:

,----
| flyspell-auto-correct-previous-hook M-x ... RET
|   Command: Hook to track successive calls to `flyspell-auto-correct-previous-word'.
| flyspell-auto-correct-previous-word C-;
|   Command: Auto correct the first mispelled word that occurs before point.
| flyspell-auto-correct-word    M-TAB, C-.
|   Command: Correct the current word.
| flyspell-buffer		      M-x ... RET
|   Command: Flyspell whole buffer.
| flyspell-check-previous-highlighted-word M-x ... RET
|   Command: Correct the closer misspelled word.
| flyspell-correct-word	      M-x ... RET
|   Command: Pop up a menu of possible corrections for a misspelled word.
| flyspell-delay-command	      M-x ... RET
|   Command: Set COMMAND to be delayed, for Flyspell.
| flyspell-deplacement-command  M-x ... RET
|   Command: Set COMMAND that implement cursor movements, for Flyspell.
| flyspell-goto-next-error      C-,
|   Command: Go to the next previously detected error.
| flyspell-mode		      <menu-bar> <tools> <spell> <flyspell-mode>
|   Command: Minor mode performing on-the-fly spelling checking.
| flyspell-post-command-hook    M-x ... RET
|   Command: The `post-command-hook' used by flyspell to check a word in-the-fly.
| flyspell-pre-command-hook     M-x ... RET
|   Command: Save the current buffer and point for Flyspell's post-command hook.
| flyspell-prog-mode	      M-x ... RET
|   Command: Turn on `flyspell-mode' for comments and strings.
| flyspell-region		      M-x ... RET
|   Command: Flyspell text between BEG and END.
| flyspell-word		      M-x ... RET
|   Command: Spell check a word.
`----

Re: flyspell

[Hadron Quark]

Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com> writes:

> If I add the flyspell minor mode to  my gnus message mode, is there a
> way to "add word" to flyspell's dictionaries? "C-h a flyspell" shows nothing
> similar:
>
> ,----
> | flyspell-auto-correct-previous-hook M-x ... RET
> |   Command: Hook to track successive calls to `flyspell-auto-correct-previous-word'.
> | flyspell-auto-correct-previous-word C-;
> |   Command: Auto correct the first mispelled word that occurs before point.
> | flyspell-auto-correct-word    M-TAB, C-.
> |   Command: Correct the current word.
> | flyspell-buffer		      M-x ... RET
> |   Command: Flyspell whole buffer.
> | flyspell-check-previous-highlighted-word M-x ... RET
> |   Command: Correct the closer misspelled word.
> | flyspell-correct-word	      M-x ... RET
> |   Command: Pop up a menu of possible corrections for a misspelled word.
> | flyspell-delay-command	      M-x ... RET
> |   Command: Set COMMAND to be delayed, for Flyspell.
> | flyspell-deplacement-command  M-x ... RET
> |   Command: Set COMMAND that implement cursor movements, for Flyspell.
> | flyspell-goto-next-error      C-,
> |   Command: Go to the next previously detected error.
> | flyspell-mode		      <menu-bar> <tools> <spell> <flyspell-mode>
> |   Command: Minor mode performing on-the-fly spelling checking.
> | flyspell-post-command-hook    M-x ... RET
> |   Command: The `post-command-hook' used by flyspell to check a word in-the-fly.
> | flyspell-pre-command-hook     M-x ... RET
> |   Command: Save the current buffer and point for Flyspell's post-command hook.
> | flyspell-prog-mode	      M-x ... RET
> |   Command: Turn on `flyspell-mode' for comments and strings.
> | flyspell-region		      M-x ... RET
> |   Command: Flyspell text between BEG and END.
> | flyspell-word		      M-x ... RET
> |   Command: Spell check a word.
> `----

Woke up today and it was staring me in the face. I didn't see the "?"
after the M-$ to bring up corrections. So, "i", unsurprisingly. And turn
off lazy highlighting to get emacs to immediately remark the inserted
words. personal dictionary default is : ".aspell.en.prepl" (customisable
of course in the ispell configuration).

I'm beginning to love emacs.