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Modify spell-fu to exclude words starting with a capital letter that are not at the start of a sentence
I am using Doom Emacs with the spell-fu package for spellchecking. I would like to modify spell-fu to ignore words that start with a capital letter and are not at the start of a sentence.
For example, ...
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Flyspell and/or ispell + hunspell: Quirk for contraction words (shouldn't, isn't etc. getting flagged)
When setting up my spell-checking with flyspell and hunspell, contractions such as shouldn't and isn't are getting flagged:
I believe it's not (entirely) the dictionary's issue (en_GB) as when I type ...
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Beginner: Doom Emacs, or Emacs in general: Which program is used for spellcheck-as-you-write in text mode and how to change its dictionary
I am learning how to work with Emacs on Ubuntu 20.04. After going through Tutorial and using default key-bindings for some time, I have decided to test more ergonomic (at least for me) setup - that is ...
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flyspell and ispell give too many spelling suggestions
I'm using flyspell mode with aspell under the hood. Emacs 27.1 installed using Homebrew on macOS Mojave. This behavior happens both with my normal configuration as well as emacs -Q.
I looked through M-...
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Enable spell check with american dictionary for all buffers
I have an init file that loads two files: one from customization done from within emacs and other from my custom settings file - better-defaults.el.
I have tried various options like ispell-local-...
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Running aspell in emacs with aspell key bindings
I am using aspell on the (Linux) command line, and have also started using it with mu4e in emacs to spell-check my composed messages using ispell-message. That command runs aspell, but with ispell ...
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Error when using spell-checker in Portuguese
I wrote a text file in Portuguese. I have changed my dictionary to portugues. I tried to spell-check buffer and I get the following error message:
Starting new Ispell process aspell with portugues ...
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Where is ispell private dictionary located on Spacemacs?
My Spacemacs help ispell-personal-dictionary says:
ispell-personal-dictionary is a variable defined in ‘ispell.el’.
Its value is nil
Documentation:
File name of your personal spelling dictionary, or ...
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Setting a new location for ispell/aspell dictionaries (actually meant replacement files)
I want to synchronize my personal dictionaries between my computers. For this, they should be in a dictionary with only stuff I want to synchronize, preferably in a dictionary in ~/.emacs.d because I'...
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Norwegian spell check
I'm trying to get Norwegian spell checking working in Emacs, and I'm having trouble with the Norwegian dictionary.
System
Ubuntu 17.04
GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24....
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How can I move all my file-local LocalWords to .dir-locals.el?
This is a follow-up question to Can I instruct ispell to insert LocalWords in a different file?.
So now that I've got a way to use a separate file for my local dictionary, is there any way to move ...
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Can I instruct ispell to insert LocalWords in a different file?
Sometimes my LocalWords can get very long. In Org documents, it's awkward to have this 'appendix' of dictionary junk. I'd like to move this to a separate file (.dir-locals.el if possible).
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Emacs Ispell to list all spelling errors at once
I am using emacs ispell to look for spelling mistakes. It works well in interactive mode, but I was wondering if I can see all the words with spelling issues highlighted in the buffer itself or ...
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What is the relationship between Emacs and various spellcheckers (ispell, etc.)?
A. Is there a spellchecker built in to Emacs?
This seems to say that there is a "built-in ispell package" that "handles spell-checking and correction".
The manual (Emacs > Fixit > Spelling > 16.4) ...
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How to save speck-mode dictionary with file?
What I tried, putting at the end of a file:
Local IspellDict: de
As local variable: speck-dictionary: de
However, neither is interpreted. When I open the file in question, speck-mode
always uses en ...
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how to install Aquamacs' OSX spellchecker (NSSpellChecker) in GNU Emacs?
Spellcheck in Aquamacs works much better than either the default aspell or the improved hunspell.
Example typo: whtehr
Here are the suggestions provided by the various engines when I do flyspell-...
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Spell check with multiple dictionaries
How can I use multiple dictionaries with the Emacs spell checker? Specifically I want to use a British English dictionary and a medical English dictionary at the same time.
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How do I spell check directly from the magit-status buffer
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Is it possible to run ispell on a region (or the whole diff and nothing else) directly from the magit-status buffer?
Motivation:
I am writing varying amounts of text and often keep it ...
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Add last mistake to dictionary with flyspell and ispell
flyspell-auto-correct-previous-word is a great way to quickly correct mistakes in a buffer. I get a lot of false positives though, and I would like to quickly add them to my dictionary in an analogous ...
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How can I use Company to spell-check a word?
company-ispell can complete a word at point, but what if you want
to use Company to list the possible corrections for spelling?
As an added bonus, is there any way to integrate this into Flyspell?
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Pure elisp spell checking in Emacs
The question What options are there for doing spell-checking in emacs discuss various spell checking solutions for Emacs.
Emacs ispell interface uses external tools such as Aspell or Hunspell for ...
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How to prevent ispell from checking inside mathematical formulae
By invoking M-x ispell, ispell says that 'ij' in the following formula is incorrect. How to permanently prevent ispell from this behavior.
$\phi_{ij}$
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How can I make flyspell ignore urls?
When I use flyspell-mode, it reports spelling errors whenever I type a URL. Is there a way I can tell Flyspell to stop checking URLs?
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