CategoryWriting

Clicking the title heading to search for pages about writing in natural languages with Emacs.

Dictionary and Thesaurus

• DictMode – also comes as a debian package called dictionary-el
• Xemacs’ – dictionary.el is probably different from dictionary-el See DictMode above.
• DictWeb – provides a possibility to query a dict server
• DictEm – another dict server querier, using the dict program
• wordnik.el – look up word definitions on WordNik.com, and display them.
• LookUp – “Lookup provides the simple and unified search interface for the commercial electric dictionary as well as the network dictionary server .” Available as the debian package lookup-el, woody onwards.
• Wordnut is major mode interface to Wordnet dictionary and programs
• Hachette (hachette.el) – looks up online French dictionaries.
• RDictCc – is an english-german (and vice versa) dictionary written in Ruby. It includes an emacs module which integrates it into emacs. Get it from apps section at the author’s homepage.
• ThesauriAndSynonyms – Finding roughly equivalent words in natural languages. Lists applications to other related information and tasks.

Text Manipulation

• Paragraphs – Editing paragraphs.
• Sentences – Editing sentences.
• TypographicalPunctuationMarks – Insert ‘smart’ quotes
• AproposUnicode – Copy, insert and get help on Unicode characters

Notes and Authoring

• DeftMode – Quickly browse, filer, and edit directories of plain text notes.
• PersonalDiary – Using Emacs to maintain a simple daily journal / personal diary.
• Journal – Using Emacs to maintain a simple daily journal. (not the same as JournalMode)
• JournalMode – Using Emacs to maintain a daily journal. Also required EmacsWikiMode. (not the same as Journal)
• OrgJournal – Based on PersonalDiary, extends OrgMode with functions to maintain a daily journal.
• OrgMode – Org-mode is an Emacs mode for note keeping, project planning, TODO lists and authoring. Particularly good at organizing notes. Like in a journal.
• Screenplay – Write a dramatic screenplay.
• FountainMode – Write a movie screenplay or stageplay using the Fountain markup format.

Digital Book File Types

• EPUB – Reading and writing EPUB.
• PDF – Portable Document Format. Reading and writing PDF files.

Miscellaneous

• NaturalLanguageMode – Conceptual ideas for how Emacs could support writers.
• PredictiveMode – minor mode that tries to predict the rest of the word, and offers you an appropriate completion.
• PrintingFromEmacs – Publishing your written work.
• UnDoc – Convert Word files to plain text.
• UnPdf – Convert PDF files to plain text.
• UnXls – Convert Excel files to plain text.
• WriteOrDieMode – Minor mode emulating some of the behaviour from Dr. Wicked's webapp of the same name.
• RefdbMode – Insert and look up citations stored in a SQL database
• MemoPop – Helps you pop up and pop out a specific file buffer easily.
• AcroBuffer – Expands acronyms correctly for writing in plain text.
• PopularWords – Limit yourself to the most popular words.
• writegood-mode – Highlight text based on a set of weasel-words, passive-voice and duplicate words
• artbollocks-mode – Emacs minor mode for avoiding cliches and bad grammar when writing about art (or other topics)
• langtool Grammar check utility using LanguageTool

See Also

Note: This page overlaps with material at CategoryEducation, and occasionally may need to synchronize.

• Writing with Emacs – Articles accounting how writers use Emacs as their preferred writing tool.
• Emacs Configuration for writers – Spacemacs based configuration to help non-technical writers start off with a reasonable Emacs configuration.

See also these sections of:

• CategoryCompletion – Complete the words you’re typing.
• CategoryInterface – Publishing your work electronically or for connecting Emacs to other resources online and otherwise that are useful to writers.
• CategoryInternationalization – Writing in particular languages.
• MarkupModes – Particular modes for writing marked-up text.
• CategorySpelling – Correct your spelling or have it be done automatically.
• CategoryTex – Typeset your words, papers, articles and books for the printer.
• CategoryBibliography – Organise references and bibliographical data.
• CategoryEditing – Editing, including text checking
• CategoryJournaling – interfaces for publishing content authored with Emacs.
• CategoryPersonalInformationManager – Packages and modes related to information management