Re: [GNU ELPA] New package: flymake-harper

Juri Linkov <[email protected]> writes:

>> How do I act on Harper diagnostics?
>> I see it can flag typos and grammar errors, and the diagnostic message
>> text includes possible replacements, but how do I actually apply one of
>> those suggestions?
>>
>> [ This is related to a general missing feature in Flymake, which I've
>>   requested in bug#71504: allowing backends to provide fixes for
>>   diagnostics, which users can then apply/accept.  Without such support,
>>   I'm not sure Flymake is the best fit for spell/grammar checking. ]
>
> I think Flymake should use UI similar to Flyspell for fixing errors.

Do you mean `ispell-word' specifically?  Perhaps it would be enough for
simple analysis that just replaces a phrase, but for Flymake in general
it seems like we should be more flexible and allow for more than just
text replacements.