From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 17742@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17742: Acknowledgement (Support for enchant?)
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:02:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOnWdoj63shA8Zkaf6Uq0iswSGaPb2EwukOZZ2F45Q7ri7v+yg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83pobtdznm.fsf@gnu.org>
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On 18 August 2017 at 09:54, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks, this looks OK to me.
Thanks for the review. I attach one final patch, to document the
changes; is that OK? I have removed the list of spell-checkers from
all but one place in the manual, for ease of future maintenance.
--
https://rrt.sc3d.org
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From cf74c27ba1401aba216267b5a9900e659d1b2a25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:56:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Document Enchant support
* doc/emacs/fixit.texi: Mention Enchant.
* doc/misc/efaq.texi: Likewise.
* etc/NEWS: Add an item on Enchant support.
---
doc/emacs/fixit.texi | 14 +++++++-------
doc/misc/efaq.texi | 12 ++++++++----
etc/NEWS | 11 +++++++++++
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/fixit.texi b/doc/emacs/fixit.texi
index f833f57..f2dba83 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/fixit.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/fixit.texi
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Spelling
This section describes the commands to check the spelling of a
single word or of a portion of a buffer. These commands only work if
-the spelling checker program Aspell, Ispell or Hunspell is installed.
+the spelling checker program Hunspell, Aspell, Ispell or Enchant is installed.
These programs are not part of Emacs, but one of them is usually
installed in GNU/Linux and other free operating systems.
@ifnottex
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ Spelling
Check and correct spelling in a draft mail message, excluding cited
material.
@item M-x ispell-change-dictionary @key{RET} @var{dict} @key{RET}
-Restart the Aspell/Ispell/Hunspell process, using @var{dict} as the dictionary.
+Restart the spell-checker process, using @var{dict} as the dictionary.
@item M-x ispell-kill-ispell
-Kill the Aspell/Ispell/Hunspell subprocess.
+Kill the spell-checker subprocess.
@item M-@key{TAB}
@itemx @key{ESC} @key{TAB}
@itemx C-M-i
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ Spelling
editing session and for this buffer.
@item i
-Insert this word in your private dictionary file so that Aspell or Ispell
-or Hunspell will consider it correct from now on, even in future sessions.
+Insert this word in your private dictionary file so that it will be
+considered correct from now on, even in future sessions.
@item m
Like @kbd{i}, but you can also specify dictionary completion
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ Spelling
@cindex @code{ispell} program
@findex ispell-kill-ispell
- Once started, the Aspell or Ispell or Hunspell subprocess continues
+ Once started, the spell-checker subprocess continues
to run, waiting for something to do, so that subsequent spell checking
commands complete more quickly. If you want to get rid of the
process, use @kbd{M-x ispell-kill-ispell}. This is not usually
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ Spelling
@vindex ispell-local-dictionary
@vindex ispell-personal-dictionary
@findex ispell-change-dictionary
- Ispell, Aspell and Hunspell look up spelling in two dictionaries:
+ Spell-checkers look up spelling in two dictionaries:
the standard dictionary and your personal dictionary. The standard
dictionary is specified by the variable @code{ispell-local-dictionary}
or, if that is @code{nil}, by the variable @code{ispell-dictionary}.
diff --git a/doc/misc/efaq.texi b/doc/misc/efaq.texi
index e9cfe7a..c329984 100644
--- a/doc/misc/efaq.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/efaq.texi
@@ -3464,22 +3464,26 @@ Spell-checkers
@section Spell-checkers
@cindex Spell-checker
@cindex Checking spelling
-@cindex Ispell
-@cindex Aspell
@cindex Hunspell
+@cindex Aspell
+@cindex Ispell
+@cindex Enchant
Various spell-checkers are compatible with Emacs, including:
@table @b
+@item Hunspell
+@uref{http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/}
+
@item GNU Aspell
@uref{http://aspell.net/}
@item Ispell
@uref{http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell.html}
-@item Hunspell
-@uref{http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/}
+@item Enchant
+@uref{https://abiword.github.io/enchant/}
@end table
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 7774d75..0939033 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1084,6 +1084,17 @@ file.
** New DNS mode command 'dns-mode-ipv6-to-nibbles' to convert IPv6 addresses
to a format suitable for reverse lookup zone files.
+** Ispell
+
++++
+*** Enchant (version 2.1.0 or later required) is now supported as a
+spell-checker. Enchant is a meta-spell-checker that uses providers
+such as Hunspell to do the actual checking. With it, users can use
+spell-checkers not directly supported by Emacs, such as Voikko, Hspell
+and AppleSpell, more easily share personal word-lists with other
+programs, and configure different spelling-checkers for different
+languages.
+
** Flymake
+++
--
2.7.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-08-20 13:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-10 0:01 bug#17742: Support for enchant? Reuben Thomas
2014-09-15 11:06 ` bug#17742: Limitations of enchant Reuben Thomas
2016-12-02 0:15 ` Reuben Thomas
[not found] ` <handler.17742.B.140235850213377.ack@debbugs.gnu.org>
2016-12-05 21:41 ` bug#17742: Acknowledgement (Support for enchant?) Reuben Thomas
2016-12-06 15:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-06 15:56 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-13 0:53 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-13 16:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-13 18:26 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-13 18:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-13 21:17 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-13 21:30 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-14 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-15 12:36 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-18 23:39 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-19 1:02 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-19 12:41 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-19 16:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-19 17:37 ` Agustin Martin
2016-12-19 18:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-19 21:21 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-19 21:27 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-20 15:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-19 21:47 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-19 22:04 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-20 15:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-20 15:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-20 21:43 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-21 17:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-21 17:32 ` Reuben Thomas
2017-08-09 11:35 ` Reuben Thomas
2017-08-18 8:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-20 13:02 ` Reuben Thomas [this message]
2017-08-20 14:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-20 14:50 ` Reuben Thomas
2017-08-20 19:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-20 20:36 ` Reuben Thomas
2017-08-20 14:50 ` bug#17742: Reuben Thomas
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