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To: "Samuel W. Flint" <swflint@flintfam.org>
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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" <swflint@flintfam.org> wrote:=

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> There's something on endless parentheses that will let you generate a corr=
ection abbrev with a keystroke.
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> Samuel W. Flint
> Please forgive any typos as this was composed on a screen keyboard.
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>> On Mar 28, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.:
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>> oc.* ---> co.*
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>> 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
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>> I am sure this is possible somehow, I just don't know how.
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>> thanks as always,
>> m
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