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Emacs: write with input method (e.g. French) and Jinx for spelling

Protesilaos

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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Tools and practiceVim, Emacs and editors

Protesilaos Stavrou demonstrates how to use Emacs's built-in input methods and the Jinx package for multilingual writing and spell-checking.

In this video I demonstrate how I use Emacs to write prose in French. I rely on the built-in framework for input methods to compose characters. I also use the Jinx package to do spell-checking. Here is the configuration I show in the video: protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-07-02-emacs-french-input-method…

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What people say. Recommended for its clear demonstration of Emacs's built-in input methods and the Jinx spell-checking package.

u/the_cecepin r/emacs • Recommends

New Prot video: Write with input method (e.g. French) and Jinx for spelling Another great video by him. I didn't know about input methods, especially the `postfix` variants Prot is showing here are very useful to me.