From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: uzibalqa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Testing validity of a word Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:08:33 +0000 Message-ID: References: <0iMfp4ZIF6AbexWeuBv10ON9NQqnHhsYhLbUaqzCte_f2yasnqcZbnZuHiCmWYiLZP_1DdWvaWLBlX0np-1eKeg-RUeySDbv8rya570hG9M=@proton.me> <87sf9ax4fb.fsf@dataswamp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26929"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 26 19:41:49 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qOiWD-0006q9-36 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2023 19:41:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qOi4c-0007jl-1B; Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:13:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qOi0J-00076N-Sk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:08:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4324.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.24]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qOi0H-00029h-BP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:08:51 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=qdplo2urhncqddg7i3qu5tk66q.protonmail; t=1690391325; x=1690650525; bh=A89XDBbR5ervVVIAyUI8/jhnvt4ll9b8HAFLK9XeYCc=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=JMLgiyIOyLdA+coS+AaVyBmYg2uDqlCDdtuFpG08aSpKnlTO3qtkmM0EX6IXvDHHP uXumR2BWM7ZCGZB5xMgFefsjGgsSWJPIdZ8bAGNs05Tk8l61Ov6p6LCumWfoY9nqo2 28gVuva4ggDrruTUEedYWXA1SO4+kPHWTEnSw/XJmlDdgeatw+1dpfXEpsqbUeKbxJ bqxNAVU/IiowTFy7S9bB7lZOrBiCZ3lL0mwH38cOLK1n/UPJOuxovLXXGyu6RHIoul AngCzAip1GTOYQ5b8EGcIvALqMFX880gE2M0eTzQRje6nlU/kkUsY3Sj4dJBrJdU43 J7grO+JAKcvEg== In-Reply-To: <87sf9ax4fb.fsf@dataswamp.org> Feedback-ID: 52887082:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.24; envelope-from=uzibalqa@proton.me; helo=mail-4324.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:144475 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Thursday, July 27th, 2023 at 12:06 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: > uzibalqa wrote: >=20 > > I want to test whether a word is valid. Is there a package > > in Emacs for dictionary word lookup ? >=20 >=20 > (defun spell-word (word) > (with-temp-buffer > (save-excursion > (insert word) ) > (condition-case nil > (not (ispell-word)) > (error nil) ))) >=20 > ;; (spell-word "length") ; t > ;; (spell-word "lenght") ; nil >=20 > -- > underground experts united > https://dataswamp.org/~incal The following could be less intensive (defun is-valid-word (word) "Check if the WORD is valid using `ispell`." (ispell-lookup-words word))