Re: Trigger spell checking before sending [flyspell?]

[Emanuel Berg]

"Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:

> We didn't have mindfulness (or spell-checking, for
> that matter) when I was growing up. Historians of
> the future will tell us (or themselves) whether the
> results suffered.

When we were growing up there wasn't Google, YouTube,
MSN, Facebook, Twitter either. And in school you were
reading, writing, and doing math.

But just because the old times weren't like that,
doesn't mean the "old timers" are immune to modern-day
lack of mindfulness...

And as for the youngsters put them on a raft in the
Pacific ocean and have them do fishing and reading
under the stars a couple of weeks and they will be
very mindful indeed...

So there is both concern and hope!

> To avoid this, add the words to your personal
> dictionary (don't you have to do with ispell too?).

Yes, but it is not enough! It is just too many words
which are correct that turns up.

They turn up with ispell as well but it is another
thing to deal with all that quickly once when you do
not type and you yourself has decided "I'm going to
deal with that" compared to having to do that because
your fingers are slippery and Emacs won't shut up
about it!

> When I'm writing English, my first language,
> flyspell tends to pickup typos rather than real
> spelling mistakes.

OK, here, I never thought about that distinction.

> It would be interesting to know whether there is any
> empirical evidence as to whether being corrected as
> you go à la flyspell as opposed to doing a final
> spell-check ispell-style has any effect on the
> quality of one's spelling over time.

Interesting indeed. I don't have an educated guess.

But I do have an educated guess with respect to the
quality of the writing - here, ispell wins.

Because with ispell there is more enjoyment,
relaxation, and focus on getting the thoughts on paper
(screen) rather than - "is this word correct?
should I add it?" in the middle of writing a sentence!
It makes sense. That sentence.

PS. In this message: "MSN". DS.

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