1 ;;; spell.el --- spelling correction interface for Emacs
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 2001-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7 ;; Obsolete-since: 23.1
8 ;; (not in obsolete/ directory then, but all functions marked obsolete)
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27 ;; This mode provides an Emacs interface to the UNIX spell(1) program.
28 ;; Entry points are `spell-buffer', `spell-word', `spell-region' and
31 ;; See also ispell.el for an interface to the ispell program.
36 "Interface to the UNIX spell(1) program."
40 (defcustom spell-command
"spell"
41 "Command to run the spell program."
45 (defcustom spell-filter nil
46 "Filter function to process text before passing it to spell program.
47 This function might remove text-processor commands.
48 nil means don't alter the text before checking it."
49 :type
'(choice (const nil
) function
)
53 (put 'spell-filter
'risky-local-variable t
)
56 (defun spell-buffer ()
57 "Check spelling of every word in the buffer.
58 For each incorrect word, you are asked for the correct spelling
59 and then put into a query-replace to fix some or all occurrences.
60 If you do not want to change a word, just give the same word
61 as its \"correct\" spelling; then the query replace is skipped."
63 ;; Don't warn about spell-region being obsolete.
65 (spell-region (point-min) (point-max) "buffer")))
67 (make-obsolete 'spell-buffer
'ispell-buffer
"23.1")
71 "Check spelling of word at or before point.
72 If it is not correct, ask user for the correct spelling
73 and `query-replace' the entire buffer to substitute it."
75 (let (beg end spell-filter
)
77 (if (not (looking-at "\\<"))
82 ;; Don't warn about spell-region being obsolete.
84 (spell-region beg end
(buffer-substring beg end
)))))
86 (make-obsolete 'spell-word
'ispell-word
"23.1")
89 (defun spell-region (start end
&optional description
)
90 "Like `spell-buffer' but applies only to region.
91 Used in a program, applies from START to END.
92 DESCRIPTION is an optional string naming the unit being checked:
93 for example, \"word\"."
95 (let ((filter spell-filter
)
96 (buf (get-buffer-create " *temp*")))
97 (with-current-buffer buf
100 (message "Checking spelling of %s..." (or description
"region"))
101 (if (and (null filter
) (= ?
\n (char-after (1- end
))))
102 (if (string= "spell" spell-command
)
103 (call-process-region start end
"spell" nil buf
)
104 (call-process-region start end shell-file-name
105 nil buf nil
"-c" spell-command
))
106 (let ((oldbuf (current-buffer)))
107 (with-current-buffer buf
108 (insert-buffer-substring oldbuf start end
)
109 (or (bolp) (insert ?
\n))
110 (if filter
(funcall filter
))
111 (if (string= "spell" spell-command
)
112 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max) "spell" t buf
)
113 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max) shell-file-name
114 t buf nil
"-c" spell-command
)))))
115 (message "Checking spelling of %s...%s"
116 (or description
"region")
117 (if (with-current-buffer buf
124 (while (with-current-buffer buf
126 (with-current-buffer buf
127 (goto-char (point-min))
129 (buffer-substring (point)
130 (progn (end-of-line) (point)))))
132 (delete-region (point-min) (point))
134 (read-string (concat "`" word
135 "' not recognized; edit a replacement: ")
137 (flush-lines (concat "^" (regexp-quote word
) "$")))
138 (if (not (equal word newword
))
140 (goto-char (point-min))
141 (query-replace-regexp (concat "\\b" (regexp-quote word
) "\\b")
144 (make-obsolete 'spell-region
'ispell-region
"23.1")
147 (defun spell-string (string)
148 "Check spelling of string supplied as argument."
149 (interactive "sSpell string: ")
154 (if (string= "spell" spell-command
)
155 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max) "spell"
157 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max) shell-file-name
158 t t nil
"-c" spell-command
))
159 (if (= 0 (buffer-size))
160 (message "%s is correct" string
)
161 (goto-char (point-min))
162 (while (search-forward "\n" nil t
)
164 (message "%sincorrect" (buffer-substring 1 (point-max))))))
166 (make-obsolete 'spell-string
"The `spell' package is obsolete - use `ispell'."
171 ;;; spell.el ends here