Allow processing files in parallel via new jobs option

.pyspelling.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 spellchecker: aspell
+jobs: 8
 
 matrix:
 - name: mkdocs

docs/src/dictionary/en-custom.txt

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ chainable
 charset
 checkable
 chunking
+config
 could've
 dicts
 distro

docs/src/markdown/about/changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.10
+
+-   **NEW**: Allow specifying parallel processes to speed up spell checking. Number of jobs can be specified either
+    by command line or via the config. Command line overrides the config.
+
 ## 2.9
 
 -   **NEW**: Officially support Python 3.11 and 3.12.

docs/src/markdown/configuration.md

@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ This can be overridden on the command line.
 spellchecker: hunspell
 ```
 
+You can specify the number of parallel jobs to use by setting the global option `jobs`. This create parallel jobs to
+process files in a given task.
+
+```yaml
+jobs: 4
+```
+
+/// new | New 2.10
+Parallel processing is new in 2.10.
+///
+
 All of the spelling tasks are contained under the keyword `matrix` and are organized in a list:
 
 ```yaml

docs/src/markdown/index.md

@@ -53,20 +53,24 @@ If you want to manually install it, run `#!bash python setup.py build` and `#!ba
 ## Command Line Usage
 
 ```
-usage: pyspelling [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--name NAME] [--binary BINARY]
-                  [--config CONFIG] [--spellchecker SPELLCHECKER]
+usage: pyspelling [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--name NAME | --group GROUP] [--binary BINARY] [--jobs JOBS] [--config CONFIG] [--source SOURCE] [--spellchecker SPELLCHECKER]
 
 Spell checking tool.
 
-optional arguments:
+options:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
   --version             show program's version number and exit
   --verbose, -v         Verbosity level.
   --name NAME, -n NAME  Specific spelling task by name to run.
+  --group GROUP, -g GROUP
+                        Specific spelling task group to run.
   --binary BINARY, -b BINARY
                         Provide path to spell checker's binary.
+  --jobs JOBS, -j JOBS  Specify the number of spell checker processes to run in parallel.
   --config CONFIG, -c CONFIG
                         Spelling config.
+  --source SOURCE, -S SOURCE
+                        Specify override file pattern. Only applicable when specifying exactly one --name.
   --spellchecker SPELLCHECKER, -s SPELLCHECKER
                         Choose between aspell and hunspell
 ```
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ If you have multiple Python versions, you can run the PySpelling associated with
 Python major and minor version:
 
 ```shell-session
-$ pyspelling3.7
+$ pyspelling3.11
 ```
 
 To specify a specific configuration other than the default, or even point to a different location:
@@ -132,6 +136,17 @@ You can specify the spell checker type by specifying it on the command line. PyS
 $ pyspelling -s hunspell
 ```
 
+To run multiple jobs in parallel, you can use the `--job` or `-j` option. Processing files in parallel can speed up
+processing time. Specifying jobs on the command line will override the `jobs` setting in the configuration file.
+
+```console
+$ pyspelling -n my_task -j 4
+```
+
+/// new | New 2.10
+Parallel processing is new in 2.10.
+///
+
 ## Supported Spell Check Versions
 
 PySpelling is tested with Hunspell 1.6+, and recommends using only 1.6 and above. Some lower versions might work, but

mkdocs.yml

@@ -130,6 +130,35 @@ markdown_extensions:
       - example
       - quote
   - pymdownx.blocks.details:
+      types:
+      - name: details-new
+        class: new
+      - name: details-settings
+        class: settings
+      - name: details-note
+        class: note
+      - name: details-abstract
+        class: abstract
+      - name: details-info
+        class: info
+      - name: details-tip
+        class: tip
+      - name: details-success
+        class: success
+      - name: details-question
+        class: question
+      - name: details-warning
+        class: warning
+      - name: details-failure
+        class: failure
+      - name: details-danger
+        class: danger
+      - name: details-bug
+        class: bug
+      - name: details-example
+        class: example
+      - name: details-quote
+        class: quote
   - pymdownx.blocks.html:
   - pymdownx.blocks.definition:
   - pymdownx.blocks.tab: