From: Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com>
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 13:17:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F6F8689C-1F7C-47C1-B7D1-15B075181145@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <97A269DA-728F-4FC4-8B18-36254ACCA6C7@flintfam.org>
Maybe key-chord mode could help with this?
-k.
Please excuse brevity. Sent from pocket computer with tiny non-haptic feedback keyboard.
> On Mar 28, 2015, at 12:57, "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
>>
>>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-28 17:18 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 [this message]
2015-03-28 17:47 ` briangpowell .
2015-03-28 17:58 ` briangpowell .
2015-03-28 18:20 ` John Kitchin
2015-03-28 18:34 ` briangpowell .
2015-03-28 19:56 ` Matt Price
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