Re: Flyspell difficult to configure, documentation not honest

[Eric S Fraga]

On Friday, 13 Jul 2018 at 07:08, Bob Newell wrote:
>>> Spell check on the fly isn't a good idea.
>>
>> I beg to differ.  I love flyspell and use it all the time
>
> This is why there are options, to suit a wide range of preferences and
> needs. Personally, I don't use flyspell (or the equivalent in any
> other text input system, including LibreOffice). I mostly write
> fiction and don't want distractions--- spell-checking somewhere down
> the line is more than good enough. But that's me, and that's my style.
>
> Emacs certainly is more than big enough to accommodate all sorts of styles.

Exactly and that's one of its most important selling points: my Emacs is
not your Emacs or anybody else's.  It works the way *I* want it and
yours works how you want it.  Indication of a software system done well
in my view.

What I really like about flyspell is that I can correct an error some
words/sentences/paragraphs back without having to move the cursor
(i.e. flyspell-auto-correct-previous-word) and so the disruption to my
composing is minimal.  Systems like LibreOffice etc. don't have this
capability (that I am aware of, of course).

-- 
Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50 & org 9.1.13 on Debian buster/sid