;;; flyspell-and-abbrev.el --- Spell Check Configuration -*- lexical-binding: t; coding: utf-8; -*- ;; author Craig Jennings ;;; Commentary: ;; WORKFLOW: ;; This module provides intelligent spell checking with automatic abbreviation ;; creation to prevent repeated misspellings. ;; ;; KEYBINDINGS: ;; C-' - Main spell check interface (cj/flyspell-then-abbrev) ;; C-c f - Toggle flyspell on/off (cj/flyspell-toggle) ;; M-o - Access 'other options' during correction (save to dictionary, etc.) ;; ;; SPELL CHECKING WORKFLOW: ;; 1. Press C-' to start spell checking ;; 2. Finds the nearest misspelled word above the cursor ;; 3. Prompts for correction or allows saving to personal dictionary ;; 4. Press C-' again to move to the next misspelling ;; 5. Each correction automatically creates an abbrev for future auto-expansion ;; ;; FLYSPELL ACTIVATION: ;; Flyspell is NOT automatically enabled. You activate it manually: ;; - C-c f - Toggle flyspell on (uses smart mode detection) or off ;; - C-' - Runs flyspell-buffer then starts correction workflow ;; ;; When enabled, flyspell adapts to the buffer type: ;; - Programming modes (prog-mode): Only checks comments and strings ;; - Text modes (text-mode): Checks all text ;; - Other modes: Must enable manually with C-c f ;; ;; ABBREVIATION AUTO-EXPANSION: ;; Each spell correction creates an abbrev that auto-expands the misspelling ;; to the correct spelling when you type it in the future. This significantly ;; increases typing speed over time. ;; ;; Original idea from Artur Malabarba: ;; http://endlessparentheses.com/ispell-and-abbrev-the-perfect-auto-correct.html ;; ;; NOTES: ;; The default flyspell keybinding "C-;" is unbound in this config as it's ;; used for the custom keymap (cj/custom-keymap). ;;; Code: ;; Forward declarations (eval-when-compile (defvar org-dir)) (defvar flyspell-mode) (defvar ispell-list-command) (defvar ispell-skip-region-alist) (declare-function flyspell-overlay-p "flyspell") (declare-function flyspell-auto-correct-previous-hook "flyspell") (declare-function flyspell-correct-at-point "flyspell-correct") (declare-function flyspell-buffer "flyspell") (declare-function flyspell-prog-mode "flyspell") (declare-function thing-at-point "thingatpt") ;; ----------------------------------- Abbrev ---------------------------------- ;; Defer abbrev configuration until first use (with-eval-after-load 'abbrev (setq abbrev-file-name (concat user-emacs-directory "assets/abbrev_defs")) (setq save-abbrevs 'silently)) ;; Enable abbrev-mode by default (lightweight, okay to do eagerly) (setq-default abbrev-mode t) ;; ---------------------------- Ispell And Flyspell ---------------------------- (use-package ispell :ensure nil ;; built-in :commands (ispell-word ispell-region ispell-buffer) :config ;; Use setq consistently (setopt requires Emacs 29+) (setq text-mode-ispell-word-completion nil) (setq ispell-alternate-dictionary nil) (setq ispell-dictionary "american") ; better for aspell ;; use aspell rather than ispell (setq ispell-program-name "aspell") ;; aspell is in /usr/local/ on BSD (cond ((eq system-type 'berkeley-unix) (setq ispell-program-name "/usr/local/bin/aspell"))) ;; in aspell "-l" means --list, not --lang (setq ispell-list-command "--list") (setq ispell-extra-args '("--sug-mode=ultra" "-W" "3" "--lang=en_US")) (setq ispell-local-dictionary "en_US") (setq ispell-local-dictionary-alist '(("en_US" "[[:alpha:]]" "[^[:alpha:]]" "[''']" t ;; Many other characters ("-d" "en_US") nil utf-8))) ;; personal directory goes with sync'd files (setq ispell-personal-dictionary (concat org-dir "aspell-personal-dictionary")) ;; skip code blocks in org mode (add-to-list 'ispell-skip-region-alist '("^#+BEGIN_SRC" . "^#+END_SRC"))) (use-package flyspell :ensure nil ;; built-in :commands (flyspell-mode flyspell-prog-mode flyspell-buffer) :config ;; unset keybinding as we're using it for cj/custom keymap (keymap-unset flyspell-mode-map "C-;") ;; don't print message for every word when checking (setq flyspell-issue-message-flag nil)) (use-package flyspell-correct :commands flyspell-correct-at-point) ;; ------------------------------ Flyspell Toggle ------------------------------ ;; easy toggling flyspell and also leverage the 'for-buffer-type' functionality. ;;;###autoload (defun cj/flyspell-toggle () "Turn Flyspell on if it is off, or off if it is on. When turning on, it uses `cj/flyspell-on-for-buffer-type' so code-vs-text is handled appropriately." (interactive) ;; Check if spell checker is available (unless (or (executable-find "aspell") (executable-find "ispell") (executable-find "hunspell")) (user-error "No spell checker found. Install aspell, ispell, or hunspell")) (if (bound-and-true-p flyspell-mode) (progn ; flyspell is on, turn it off (flyspell-mode -1) (message "Flyspell off")) ;; else - flyspell is off, turn it on (cj/flyspell-on-for-buffer-type) (message "Flyspell on"))) ;; ------------------------ Flyspell On For Buffer Type ------------------------ ;; check strings and comments in prog mode; check everything in text mode (defun cj/flyspell-on-for-buffer-type () "Enable Flyspell for the major mode and check the current buffer. If flyspell is already enabled, do nothing. If the mode is derived from `prog-mode', enable `flyspell-prog-mode' so only strings and comments get checked. If the buffer is text based `flyspell-mode' is enabled to check all text." (interactive) (unless (bound-and-true-p flyspell-mode) ; if not already on (cond ((derived-mode-p 'prog-mode) (flyspell-prog-mode) (flyspell-buffer)) ((derived-mode-p 'text-mode) (flyspell-mode 1) (flyspell-buffer))))) ;; Note: NOT auto-enabling on hooks - user activates manually with C-' or C-c f ;; (add-hook 'after-change-major-mode-hook 'cj/flyspell-on-for-buffer-type) ;; (add-hook 'find-file-hook 'cj/flyspell-on-for-buffer-type) ;; ---------------------------- Flyspell Then Abbrev --------------------------- ;; Spell check the buffer and create abbrevs to avoid future misspellings. (defun cj/find-previous-flyspell-overlay (position) "Locate the Flyspell overlay immediately previous to a given POSITION." (require 'cl-lib) ;; Sort overlays into position order (non-destructive copy) (let ((overlay-list (sort (cl-copy-list (overlays-in (point-min) position)) (lambda (a b) (> (overlay-start a) (overlay-start b)))))) ;; Search for previous flyspell overlay (while (and overlay-list (or (not (flyspell-overlay-p (car overlay-list))) ;; Check if its face has changed (not (eq (get-char-property (overlay-start (car overlay-list)) 'face) 'flyspell-incorrect)))) (setq overlay-list (cdr overlay-list))) ;; If no previous overlay exists, return nil (when overlay-list ;; Otherwise, return the overlay start position (overlay-start (car overlay-list))))) (defun cj/flyspell-goto-previous-misspelling (position) "Go to the first misspelled word before the given POSITION. Return the misspelled word if found or nil if not. Leave the point at the beginning of the misspelled word. Setting the hook on pre-command ensures that any started Flyspell corrections complete before running other commands in the buffer." (interactive "d") (require 'thingatpt) ;; Lazy-load only when function is called (add-hook 'pre-command-hook (function flyspell-auto-correct-previous-hook) t t) (let* ((overlay-position (cj/find-previous-flyspell-overlay position)) (misspelled-word (when overlay-position (goto-char overlay-position) (thing-at-point 'word)))) (if misspelled-word (downcase misspelled-word) nil))) ;;;###autoload (defun cj/flyspell-then-abbrev (p) "Find and correct the previous misspelled word, creating an abbrev. Finds the nearest misspelled word before point, prompts for correction, and creates an abbrev so the misspelling auto-expands in the future. With prefix argument P, the abbrev is created in the local abbrev table. Without prefix argument, it's created in the global abbrev table. Press C-' repeatedly to step through misspellings one at a time." (interactive "P") ;; Check if spell checker is available (unless (or (executable-find "aspell") (executable-find "ispell") (executable-find "hunspell")) (user-error "No spell checker found. Install aspell, ispell, or hunspell")) ;; Run flyspell-buffer only if buffer hasn't been checked yet (unless (bound-and-true-p flyspell-mode) (flyspell-buffer)) (let ((misspelled-word (cj/flyspell-goto-previous-misspelling (point)))) (if (not misspelled-word) (message "No misspellings found before point") ;; Found a misspelling, correct it (call-interactively 'flyspell-correct-at-point) (let ((corrected-word (downcase (or (thing-at-point 'word) "")))) (when (and misspelled-word corrected-word (not (string= corrected-word misspelled-word))) (message "\"%s\" now expands to \"%s\" %sally" misspelled-word corrected-word (if p "loc" "glob")) (define-abbrev (if p local-abbrev-table global-abbrev-table) misspelled-word corrected-word)))))) ;; -------------------------------- Keybindings -------------------------------- ;; Global keybindings for spell checking commands ;; With autoload cookies, these will lazy-load the file when pressed ;;;###autoload (keymap-set global-map "C-c f" #'cj/flyspell-toggle) ;;;###autoload (keymap-set global-map "C-'" #'cj/flyspell-then-abbrev) (provide 'flyspell-and-abbrev) ;;; flyspell-and-abbrev.el ends here.