From 342ed7921750f18ae6e06febddc9b9cea0f36d39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:13:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the new operation of the `ispell' command. --- man/fixit.texi | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/fixit.texi b/man/fixit.texi index 2adc975ed7c..591c50495bb 100644 --- a/man/fixit.texi +++ b/man/fixit.texi @@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ Check and correct spelling of the word at point (@code{ispell-word}). @item M-@key{TAB} Complete the word before point based on the spelling dictionary (@code{ispell-complete-word}). +@item M-x ispell +Spell-check the active region or the current buffer. @item M-x ispell-buffer Check and correct spelling of each word in the buffer. @item M-x ispell-region @@ -209,6 +211,12 @@ spelling in an email message you are writing, use @kbd{M-x ispell-message}; that checks the whole buffer, but does not check material that is indented or appears to be cited from other messages. +@findex ispell +@cindex spell-checking the active region + The @kbd{M-x ispell} command spell-checks the active region if the +Transient Mark mode is on (@pxref{Transient Mark}), otherwise it +spell-checks the current buffer. + Each time these commands encounter an incorrect word, they ask you what to do. They display a list of alternatives, usually including several ``near-misses''---words that are close to the word being -- 2.39.2