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Emacs: write with input method (e.g. French) and Jinx for spelling
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In this video demonstration I show the tools I use to write in French using Emacs. One is the built-in framework for input methods, which allows us to compose characters to express the full range of the language we are typing in (e.g. French or Greek). The other is a spell-checking package called jinx , which is developed by Daniel Mendler. Below is the code I showed in the video: (use-package emacs :demand t :bind ( :map global-map ;; The `toggle-input-method' sets the latest selected input ;; method, or the one defined in `default-input-method'. Once an ;; input method is set, `toggle-input-method' will switch back to ;; the standard Emacs input. ("<f2>" . toggle-input-method)) :config ;; Call the command `describe-input-method' to get a description of ;; what the given input method supports in terms of key sequences as ;; well as the key layout it has. (setq default-input-method "french-postfix")) ;; You need to have libenchant available on your system. For example, ;; Debian provides the package `libenchant-2-dev'. (use-package jinx :ensure t :demand t :bind ( :map global-map ("M-$" . jinx-correct) ; or bind `jinx-correct-all' ("C-M-$" . jinx-languages)) :config ;; Here you can…
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Protesilaos Stavrou
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