Re: ispell-region with M-$ in transient-mark-mode

[David Kastrup]

Geoff Kuenning <address@hidden> writes:

>>> Instead of this, I propose to call the command `ispell' which already
>>> checks a region or a buffer depending on the values of `transient-mark-mode'
>>> and `mark-active'.
>> 
>>     IMHO this is a good idea.  In general, if we can do something useful
>>     and sufficiently intuitive instead of throwing an error, we should.
>
> How would this work for those of us who don't use transient-mark-mode?
> Would it always just check the current region?

No.

> I'd find that acceptable, since I could just do C-x h before I run
> ispell.  (I usually do that anyway; it's kind of comical how often I
> do C-x h and then use ispell-buffer.)

If you want to just check the region, you'd use temporary transient
mark mode: C-u C-x C-x would activate that.

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