From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: arthur miller Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: A question about spellchecker Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 06:21:54 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_6da25e1e-4047-4256-806b-9435dd2cc416_" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1396930944 6201 80.91.229.3 (8 Apr 2014 04:22:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 04:22:24 +0000 (UTC) To: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 08 06:22:17 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WXNY7-00034o-61 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:22:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37949 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXNY6-0006HD-LF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:22:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47029) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXNXv-0006EG-Cr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:22:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXNXn-0003Ja-Tn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:22:03 -0400 Original-Received: from blu0-omc4-s29.blu0.hotmail.com ([65.55.111.168]:56295) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXNXn-0003JN-Pi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:21:55 -0400 Original-Received: from BLU183-W30 ([65.55.111.135]) by blu0-omc4-s29.blu0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 7 Apr 2014 21:21:54 -0700 X-TMN: [wlscMAsK71OazDqmmIH6CM3hLHUaHiep] X-Originating-Email: [arthur.miller@live.com] Importance: Normal X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Apr 2014 04:21:54.0336 (UTC) FILETIME=[127DE200:01CF52E2] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows XP X-Received-From: 65.55.111.168 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:171334 Archived-At: --_6da25e1e-4047-4256-806b-9435dd2cc416_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just a simple question: why is there no spellchecker by default included in= Emacs? Hunspell seems to be most widely used at the moment=2C it is GPL-d and avai= alable as a dll and or static lib to link with. Is there some special reaso= n why it is not included in Emacs as a default fallback so that users don't have to spend h= ours in configuring diverse options? If it is desired to use some other "is= pellesque"=20 spell editor=2C Emacs could just unload hunspell=2C and re-bind its ispell/= flyspell functions to another dll=2C or exe. For me running hunspell as a s= eparate process from Emacs is painfully slow compared to how some other applications work. Shouldn't it b= e a bit faster if spellchecker was just a dll/so to load instead of startin= g up another process from Emacs=20 and communicating through pipes? I guess I am not the only one to come up with the thought=2C so I am just c= urious to what is behind the decision to still keep spellchecker out of Ema= cs? = --_6da25e1e-4047-4256-806b-9435dd2cc416_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Just a simple question: why is t= here no spellchecker by default included in Emacs?

Hunspell seems to= be most widely used at the moment=2C it is GPL-d and avaialable as a dll a= nd or static lib to link with. Is there some special reason why it is notincluded in Emacs as a default fallback so that users don't have to spend= hours in configuring diverse options? If it is desired to use some other "= ispellesque"
spell editor=2C Emacs could just unload hunspell=2C and re= -bind its ispell/flyspell functions to another dll=2C or exe. For me runnin= g hunspell as a separate process from Emacs is
painfully slow compared t= o how some other applications work. Shouldn't it be a bit faster if spellch= ecker was just a dll/so to load instead of starting up another process from= Emacs
and communicating through pipes?

I guess I am not the onl= y one to come up with the thought=2C so I am just curious to what is behind= the decision to still keep spellchecker out of Emacs?


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