Re: Spell checking too slow on Emacs.app

[Tom Dye]

On 2010-01-01 15:40:02 -1000, Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> said:

> On 2009-12-31 22:35 +0000, Steve Revilak wrote:
> > > > > Thanks Leo.  It helps to know the problem is beyond my control.
> > > > > ispell is quick and fairly easy to use from the command line in case
> > > > > you want to check spelling more than once a month.  It's a bit of a
> > > > > hassle to remember to save the buffer before the spell check and then
> > > > > revert the buffer after the check, but even with those steps its way
> > > > > quicker than trying to check spelling within emacs.
> >
> > I've discovered a workaround that might (or might not) be useful.
> > From a shell prompt,
> >
> > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -nw FILE
> >
> > Spell checking (i.e., M-x ispell-buffer) is quite fast if you run
> > emacs as a non-windowed application.
> >
> > (Emacs 23.1.1 & 23.1.90.1, on Mac OS X 10.4.11, aspell 0.60.6)
> >
> > Steve
>
> Yes, that's for sure because it is only related to ns port.
>
> I have moved to another port although still experimental it seems pretty
> good. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/119139.
>
> It provides a feature set that's the closest to Emacs GNU/Linux.
>
> Leo

Hi Leo,

I tried this too and am finding it to be a good solution.  Thanks for 
the pointer.

Tom
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