From: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: "Samuel W. Flint" <swflint@flintfam.org>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [OT] wildcards in autocorrect?
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 14:20:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ51ETpx_r93CiP_XRgbQevk0Luq6dot1JXbUT3ZVa9f_jRdrA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <97A269DA-728F-4FC4-8B18-36254ACCA6C7@flintfam.org>
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This is the code Samuel refers to. It is awesome. I use it less and less ;)
by which I mean everytime I use it is one less time I ever have to use it.
;;
http://endlessparentheses.com/ispell-and-abbrev-the-perfect-auto-correct.html
(define-key ctl-x-map "\C-i" 'endless/ispell-word-then-abbrev)
(defun endless/ispell-word-then-abbrev (p)
"Call `ispell-word'. Then create an abbrev for the correction made.
With prefix P, create local abbrev. Otherwise it will be global."
(interactive "P")
(let ((bef (downcase (or (thing-at-point 'word) ""))) aft)
(call-interactively 'ispell-word)
(setq aft (downcase (or (thing-at-point 'word) "")))
(unless (string= aft bef)
(message "\"%s\" now expands to \"%s\" %sally"
bef aft (if p "loc" "glob"))
(define-abbrev
(if p global-abbrev-table local-abbrev-table)
bef aft))))
John
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On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Samuel W. Flint <swflint@flintfam.org>
wrote:
> There's something on endless parentheses that will let you generate a
> correction abbrev with a keystroke.
>
> Samuel W. Flint
> Please forgive any typos as this was composed on a screen keyboard.
>
> > On Mar 28, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I make a lot of typing errors (I have an injury to one hand, which
> impedes bilateral cooperation). In Libreoffice I am able to define wildcard
> autocorrect objects, e.g.:
> >
> > oc.* ---> co.*
> >
> > This will correct ocrrect, ocmputer, ocndition, etc. Does anyone know a
> way to do something similar in Emacs? Right now I am using abbrev mode and
> defining my errors one by one -- it is a very slow process since I make so
> many mistakes and have a moderately large vocabulary.
> >
> > I am sure this is possible somehow, I just don't know how.
> >
> > thanks as always,
> > m
> >
> >
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-28 18:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-28 14:19 [OT] wildcards in autocorrect? Matt Price
2015-03-28 16:57 ` Samuel W. Flint
2015-03-28 17:17 ` Ken Mankoff
2015-03-28 17:47 ` briangpowell .
2015-03-28 17:58 ` briangpowell .
2015-03-28 18:20 ` John Kitchin [this message]
2015-03-28 18:34 ` briangpowell .
2015-03-28 19:56 ` Matt Price
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