From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phillip Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Efficient Emacs usage? Date: 25 Nov 2004 17:23:56 +0000 Organization: School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K. Message-ID: References: <87vfbx0zuc.fsf@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> <87llcr9b0w.fsf@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101406214 30750 80.91.229.6 (25 Nov 2004 18:10:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:10:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 25 19:10:04 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CXO4C-0003qB-00 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:10:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CXO9G-0000wB-20 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:15:18 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed3.jnfs.ja.net!feed4.jnfs.ja.net!jnfs.ja.net!peernews.mcc.ac.uk!cs.man.ac.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: rpc71.cs.man.ac.uk Original-X-Trace: wapping.cs.man.ac.uk 1101403436 14374 130.88.198.228 (25 Nov 2004 17:23:56 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@wapping.cs.man.ac.uk Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:23:56 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.93 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:126917 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22318 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22318 >>>>> "Mathias" == Mathias Dahl writes: Mathias> Phillip Lord writes: Micha> And you can use flyspell-mode to check spelling Micha> interactively. >> Lee> I've tried it and I hate it. It's too _distracting_. I can't Lee> write with such a distracting feature. >> >> >> Distracting? From someone who uses fully justified text with >> fixed width fonts? Mathias> Different people find different things distracting. True. Justified text is, however, the work of the devil. It's makes normal variable width text harder to read, although it does look nicer on page. With fixed width fonts, you don't even get that advantage. Cheers Phi