Re: ispell-region with M-$ in transient-mark-mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

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> From: Juri Linkov <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 02:33:19 +0200
> 
> > I don't like such a reinterpretation of a word-related command: it's
> > counterintuitive.  It is okay to do that with commands that by default
> > work on the whole buffer, but not with commands that work on a word.
> 
> It's very intuitive to work on the active region when the user has
> explicitly selected it in Transient Mark mode.

Yes.  But word commands are IMHO not the ones that should be sensitive
to active region.

> I suggested to add this to `ispell-word' because M-$ is only one
> keybinding available to active ispell.

If that's the main reason, let's have a key binding for ispell-region.
(Of course, you can always bind it yourself if this is so important
for you.)