From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ken Mankoff Subject: Re: [OT] wildcards in autocorrect? Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 13:17:54 -0400 Message-ID: References: <97A269DA-728F-4FC4-8B18-36254ACCA6C7@flintfam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57152) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbuN7-00071Y-Cr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2015 13:18:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbuN1-0006uO-0L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2015 13:18:09 -0400 Received: from mail-qc0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c01::232]:34442) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbuN0-0006uG-TC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2015 13:18:02 -0400 Received: by qcay5 with SMTP id y5so40886442qca.1 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2015 10:18:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <97A269DA-728F-4FC4-8B18-36254ACCA6C7@flintfam.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Samuel W. Flint" Cc: Org Mode Maybe key-chord mode could help with this? -k.=20 Please excuse brevity. Sent from pocket computer with tiny non-haptic feedba= ck keyboard.=20 > On Mar 28, 2015, at 12:57, "Samuel W. Flint" wrote:= >=20 > There's something on endless parentheses that will let you generate a corr= ection abbrev with a keystroke. >=20 > Samuel W. Flint > Please forgive any typos as this was composed on a screen keyboard. >=20 >> On Mar 28, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Matt Price wrote: >>=20 >> I make a lot of typing errors (I have an injury to one hand, which impede= s bilateral cooperation). In Libreoffice I am able to define wildcard autoco= rrect objects, e.g.: >>=20 >> oc.* ---> co.* >>=20 >> This will correct ocrrect, ocmputer, ocndition, etc. Does anyone know a w= ay to do something similar in Emacs? Right now I am using abbrev mode and de= fining my errors one by one -- it is a very slow process since I make so man= y mistakes and have a moderately large vocabulary. =20 >>=20 >> I am sure this is possible somehow, I just don't know how. >>=20 >> thanks as always, >> m >>=20 >>=20 >=20