Re: Spelling and spell-checking

[Charles Millar]

On 03/11/2016 06:53 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> How can I have words that I type be auto-corrected to what I want
> please? I'm specifically thinking of words like these -
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> im = I'm
> ive = I've
> thats = that's
> Thats = That's
> cant = can't
> monday = Monday
> tuesday = Tuesday, etc
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> and other specific words.
>
> I'm using the default flyspell, and 'flyspell-popup' but I haven't found
> a way of getting my corrected words to 'stick'. After restarting emacs
> exactly the same words show up again as either not being auto-corrected
> or just plain ignored, even if there is a very optically visible
> spelling mistake!
>
> Any ideas please?
>
> Thanks
> Sharon.
Sasha Chua, in emacs news, recently posted a link to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhI_riv_6HM

which demonstrates the code at

http://endlessparentheses.com/ispell-and-abbrev-the-perfect-auto-correct.html