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

Stéphane Marks <[email protected]> writes:

> On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 12:12 PM Philip Kaludercic <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Daniel's jinx word correction UI is decent at least for words.  I suppose
> they're all similar.  Screenshot
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minad/jinx/refs/heads/screenshots/screenshot.png

That is based on completing-read, in a way that I still don't think it
comfortable if you aren't using a selecting interface like vertico.