From: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Flyspell difficult to configure, documentation not honest
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:58:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8736wmkxbs.fsf@delle7240.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CADoYgq_Mh-1TNyWQBZL7_bjOj8KhnJzP2if=CfSQUuviZ8DQeA@mail.gmail.com
On Friday, 13 Jul 2018 at 07:08, Bob Newell wrote:
>>> Spell check on the fly isn't a good idea.
>>
>> I beg to differ. I love flyspell and use it all the time
>
> This is why there are options, to suit a wide range of preferences and
> needs. Personally, I don't use flyspell (or the equivalent in any
> other text input system, including LibreOffice). I mostly write
> fiction and don't want distractions--- spell-checking somewhere down
> the line is more than good enough. But that's me, and that's my style.
>
> Emacs certainly is more than big enough to accommodate all sorts of styles.
Exactly and that's one of its most important selling points: my Emacs is
not your Emacs or anybody else's. It works the way *I* want it and
yours works how you want it. Indication of a software system done well
in my view.
What I really like about flyspell is that I can correct an error some
words/sentences/paragraphs back without having to move the cursor
(i.e. flyspell-auto-correct-previous-word) and so the disruption to my
composing is minimal. Systems like LibreOffice etc. don't have this
capability (that I am aware of, of course).
--
Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50 & org 9.1.13 on Debian buster/sid
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2018-07-12 14:59 ` Flyspell difficult to configure, documentation not honest R. Diez
2018-07-12 16:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.3464.1531407559.1292.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-07-12 17:30 ` Emanuel Berg
2018-07-12 21:01 ` Brett Gilio
2018-07-13 7:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 11:31 ` Gregor Zattler
2018-07-13 12:50 ` Devin Prater
2018-07-13 13:35 ` Teemu Likonen
[not found] ` <mailman.3518.1531488931.1292.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-07-13 14:42 ` Emanuel Berg
2018-07-13 7:41 ` Eric S Fraga
2018-07-13 17:08 ` Bob Newell
2018-07-14 8:58 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2018-07-14 9:15 ` tomas
2018-07-14 17:47 ` Bob Newell
2018-07-14 18:59 ` Devin Prater
2018-07-15 1:45 ` Brett Gilio
2018-07-15 2:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.3502.1531467702.1292.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-07-13 10:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2018-07-13 17:04 ` Eric S Fraga
2018-07-13 19:02 ` Brett Gilio
2018-07-14 9:01 ` Eric S Fraga
[not found] ` <mailman.3536.1531501486.1292.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-07-13 18:41 ` Emanuel Berg
2018-07-13 19:06 ` Brett Gilio
2018-07-14 9:03 ` Eric S Fraga
2018-07-14 9:02 ` Eric S Fraga
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2018-07-12 21:50 ` R. Diez
2018-07-13 6:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
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