From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is it possible to do grammar checking within emacs? Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:07:12 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1192549938.846033.56870@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <1192749630.493256.235300@t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <1192912398.158725.237770@t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192914478 11597 80.91.229.12 (20 Oct 2007 21:07:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:07:58 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 20 23:07:49 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IjLXw-0003Y4-Jl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:07:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IjLXp-0005fo-4m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:07:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IjLXS-0005YU-T9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:07:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IjLXQ-0005W1-WF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:07:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IjLXQ-0005Vl-Qj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:07:16 -0400 Original-Received: from romy.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IjLXQ-0005x0-6a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:07:16 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-255-163.inter.net.il [83.130.255.163]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id JEB88758 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:07:01 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <1192912398.158725.237770@t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com> (gnuist006@gmail.com) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:48639 Archived-At: > From: gnuist006@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:33:18 -0000 > > On Oct 19, 4:07 am, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > After searching the net and reading a few papers by specialists in > > this area, > > Which papers Eli ? plz give a link or ref I just googled the net for "grammar check software" or some such, and also used the links on the page I cited: http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep/check/ > and if you have a little time, a little summary of the main > conclusions. But I did just that, in my original message: the main conclusion is that the state of the art of the current technology does not allow to write efficient grammar checkers. All that can be done is have a database of patterns of incorrect usage and scan text for these patterns.