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 ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Samuel W. Flint <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > > > >
