From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Testing validity of a word
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:06:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sf9ax4fb.fsf@dataswamp.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 0iMfp4ZIF6AbexWeuBv10ON9NQqnHhsYhLbUaqzCte_f2yasnqcZbnZuHiCmWYiLZP_1DdWvaWLBlX0np-1eKeg-RUeySDbv8rya570hG9M=@proton.me
uzibalqa wrote:
> I want to test whether a word is valid. Is there a package
> in Emacs for dictionary word lookup ?
(defun spell-word (word)
(with-temp-buffer
(save-excursion
(insert word) )
(condition-case nil
(not (ispell-word))
(error nil) )))
;; (spell-word "length") ; t
;; (spell-word "lenght") ; nil
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-26 12:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-26 0:21 Testing validity of a word uzibalqa
2023-07-26 1:33 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-07-26 1:40 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-26 2:27 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-26 4:21 ` Drew Adams
2023-07-26 2:32 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-26 12:06 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2023-07-26 17:08 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-26 17:45 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-07-26 19:07 ` Emanuel Berg
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