SavchenkoValeriy / Emacs Powerthesaurus
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emacs-powerthesaurus is a simple plugin to integrate Emacs with amazing powerthesaurus.org.
Installation
emacs-powerthesaurus is available on MELPA. You can install it using the following command:
M-x package-install [RET] powerthesaurus [RET]
How to use
emacs-powerthesaurus defines three interactive functions:
powerthesaurus-lookup-word
powerthesaurus-lookup-word-at-point
powerthesaurus-lookup-word-dwim
If you have any active selection, powerthesaurus-lookup-word
fetches selected text at powerthesaurus.org and gives you a list of synonyms to replace it with. Without any selection it asks you for the input first, and insert selected synonyms at point.
powerthesaurus-lookup-word-at-point
finds a word at point (according to the current mode settings), fetches it at powerthesaurus.org, and also replaces it with the selected synonym.
powerthesaurus-lookup-word-dwim
combines these two functions into one. It tries to infer whatever user wants to look up. If there is an active selection that will be the choice. Otherwise, it checks if there any word at point and fetches that word. And if there is nothing appropriate, it asks the user to provide a word.