Re: [ELPA] New package: Auto Correct Mode

[Ian Dunn <dunni@gnu.org>]

    JW> How does this compare to flyspell-auto-correct-word, or a setting such
    JW> as:

    JW>   (add-hook 'flyspell-incorrect-hook
    JW> 'flyspell-maybe-correct-transposition)

    JW> Maybe what you're offering is already possible, or can be integrated
    JW> directly with flyspell using a customization?

I don't believe so.

It's similar to repeatedly using flyspell-auto-correct-word and setting flyspell-abbrev-p to t, but with two differences (that I can see):

1. auto-correct-mode uses its own abbrev table, enabled using `abbrev-minor-mode-table-alist'.  This means it doesn't clutter the user's global abbrev table, and auto-correct can be disabled by disabling the minor mode.  Flyspell only allows the use of the global or local abbrev tables.

2. auto-correct gives a predicate that can provide further control over when to expand auto-corrections.  My favorite example is my abbrev that turns "i" to "I".  I keep auto-correct enabled in all modes, but prog-mode has this predicate set to only auto-correct when inside a comment or string.  If "i" turned to I every time I typed it in C++ (which, so far as I can tell, would happen with flyspell's corrections), I'd go mad.  However, it has proved nothing but useful for this correction to happen when I'm writing prose or documentation.

So as I said, the same functionality doesn't appear to be possible with flyspell at the moment.

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Ian Dunn