From: "Samuel W. Flint" <swflint@flintfam.org>
To: Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [OT] wildcards in autocorrect?
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 11:57:40 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <97A269DA-728F-4FC4-8B18-36254ACCA6C7@flintfam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN_Dec-apiAA1Wn3Ac4_96qmgW1znWtfSAfUWDrnTqDVgq0xRQ@mail.gmail.com>
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 16:57 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 [this message]
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
2015-03-28 18:34 ` briangpowell .
2015-03-28 19:56 ` Matt Price
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