Re: jinx

[Philip Kaludercic]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

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> I saw the announcement about the jinx spelling package.  It sounds
> very powerful.  Could it replace ispell.el?  If so, do people think
> that would be a good idea?  If not, why not?

I think it would be an idea worth considering, but that would mean that
Emacs would have another compile-time dependency.

> Same questions for flyspell.el.
>
> What languages is jinx written in?  

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/tree/?h=externals/jinx

jinx is written as a Emacs module, so one part is Emacs Lisp and the
other one is C.

>                                     What does the libenchant library
> do, and how does it combine or work with Emacs?  How does it combine
> or work with aspell?

https://abiword.github.io/enchant/

"Enchant is a library (and command-line program) that wraps a number of
different spelling libraries and programs with a consistent
interface. By using Enchant, you can use a wide range of spelling
libraries, including some specialised for particular languages, without
needing to program to each library's interface."

ispell already supports enchant, but it communicates via IPC instead of
the library interface.

> The description talks about "native modules" but doesn't say what they
> are or what they do.  Can anyone tell us?

I am guessing that is just a typo, and Daniel means (elisp) Writing
Dynamic Modules.

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Philip Kaludercic