Re: Flyspell difficult to configure, documentation not honest

[Brett Gilio <brettg@posteo.net>]

On 07/13/2018 01:41 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Eric S Fraga wrote:
> 
>>> OK, but why not just spell check when you
>>> are done and have the typing/spellchecking
>>> processes separated?
>>
>> Simple: especially with emails, I forget to
>> do so and I end up with less than appealing
>> results... The auto-correct features of
>> flyspell allow me to continue writing and
>> only correct when I pause.
> 
> OK, so the idle timer does it. Still it would
> seem it would happen fast enough for my taste.
> 
> In your situation (forgetting to spellcheck)
> I would bind it to a shortcut and have it enter
> my muscle memory. If I still forgot about it,
> I would tie it to some appropriate hook, be it
> `message-send-hook'.
> 
> I already have that do this (the below code),
> which enables me to use the same interface for
> mail and Usenet (the "Newsgroups" or "To"
> header that is empty is removed).
> 
> (defun remove-empty-headers ()
>    (interactive)
>    (goto-char (point-min))
>    (while (re-search-forward "\\(To\\|Newsgroups\\): \n"
>                              (get-header-separator-pos)
>                              t) ; NOERROR
>      (replace-match "") ))
> 
> ;; (setq message-send-hook nil)
> (defun message-send-hook-f ()
>    (remove-empty-headers) )
> (setq message-send-hook #'message-send-hook-f)
> 
> But to each his/her own, as always. Here, the
> results don't vary. Or they do, which is
> the point.
> 

Emanuel beat my previous message to the punch. I should read my messages 
before I start to suggest things. Ha.

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