Xah Talk Show 2025-06-27 Ep670 Make Spell Checking in Emacs Microsoft Windows Great Again
- timestamp
- 00:47 Richard Stallman abuse of the word free and freedom
- 15:26 grammar and style checkers are bad
- 22:13 sponsors on YouTube contacts me
- 26:27 cyberdeck
- 29:21 preferred programing language
- 37:51 emacs name completion, abbrev
- more
- Richard Stallman abuse of the word free and freedom
- https://youtu.be/3gGi0uvcpGU?t=47
- On the art of writing.
- Grammar and style checkers are bad
- https://youtu.be/3gGi0uvcpGU?t=926
- cyberdeck
- https://youtu.be/3gGi0uvcpGU?t=1588
- what is your preferred programing language
- https://youtu.be/3gGi0uvcpGU?t=1761
- emacs name completion, abbrev
- https://youtu.be/3gGi0uvcpGU?t=2271
Emacs Microsoft Windows spell checker
- emacs ezwinports Files by eli-zaretskii
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/ezwinports/files/
what are the commands for spell checking in emacs
ispell-wordflyspell-modeflyspell-buffer
ispell-check-version: c:/Users/xah/bin/aspell/bin/aspell.exe release 0.60 or greater is required
Preferred General Purpose Programing Languages
- golang → for industrial programing
- fsharp → for functional industrial programing
- Wolfram language → general purpose scientific programing
- emacs lisp → best for text processing
For Automation
- on mac, it's Apple Script.
- on Microsoft Windows, it's PowerShell and AutoHotKey.
- on linux, python, ruby