A way to make flyspell's red squiggles transient?
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FrankLeeMadear · 2022-02-23 20:31

Is there a way to make flyspell's red squiggle transient? Like stay on
the screen 5 seconds then go away.


I use too much slang and abbreviations I don't want to include in the
dictionary and the lingering squiggle annoys and distracts.


Can't find a customization for this; am I missing it? Anyone have a
code snippet I can use?

Thanks!

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TheFrenchPoulp · 2022-02-23 21:54

Why would you not want to add those words? They're obviously part of
your grammar so they shouldn't trigger any feedback right

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FrankLeeMadear · 2022-02-24 06:04

In casual writing I use slang, abbrevs, and general sillyness that I'd
never use in a business convo (<-see there's one). I don't want such
things in the dictionary but don't want to turn off spell checking
completely.

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TheFrenchPoulp · 2022-02-24 10:54

I see, then I would look into creating a new dictionary where you
allow those slang words, and change dictionary when relevant.

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FrankLeeMadear · 2022-02-24 18:03

You underestimate my laziness. Why do something that requires only a
few seconds of my time when I could spend an hour or two hacking emacs
to do what I want? ;-)