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How can I spellcheck in gVim?

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How do I enable spell check in Gvim?

vim Spell checker Spell Checking To turn on the vim spell checker run :set spell . To turn it off run :set nospell . If you always want the spell checker to be on, add set spell to your vimrc. You can turn spelling on only for certain filetypes using an auto command.

How do I toggle spell check in Vim?

By default, spell check will be off. If you want to turn it on, run setlocal spell in the Vim command line (if you want spell check to always be on, add set spell to your . vimrc). After turning spell check on, misspelled words will now be highlighted.


Use :set spell to turn on spell-checking. If it's source code, gvim is smart enough to only spellcheck comments and string literals.

:help spell will give you all the details. Here are some excerpts:

To search for the next misspelled word:

]s           Move to next misspelled word after the cursor.
             A count before the command can be used to repeat.
             'wrapscan' applies.

[s           Like "]s" but search backwards, find the misspelled
             word before the cursor.  
Finding suggestions for bad words:

z=           For the word under/after the cursor, suggest correctly
             spelled words.
To add words to your own word list:

zg           Add word under the cursor as a good word

Also see :help set spelllang for information on changing your dictionary to include other regions, languages, or word sets (for example, medical jargon).

gvim must be compiled with |+syntax|.

I don't put :set spell in my .vimrc because when I'm coding there are just too many variable names in my comments that get flagged. If there is a certain file type you want checked use an autocommand in your .vimrc. Or just turn it on manually when you need it.


:setlocal spell spelllang=en_us
:set spell

For spell checker and to activate right button on mouse:

:set mousemodel=popup

When you place the cursor on the word and click on right button, gvim purpose different correct words.

You can put it on your ~/.vimrc


Do :set spell to turn on spell-checking. See :h spell for help and info about how spell-checking works and how to use different languages and dictionaries and such.


I started using

aspell

which comes with Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/). (It's a package, but the default install plus manually-added aspell is pretty tiny and quick to download.)

When I want to spell check the current file, I use a function defined in my .vimrc (or _vimrc) that saves the file, runs aspell on it, then reloads the file:

:function! SpellCheck()
:   w!
:   !c:\prog\cygwin\bin\aspell.exe --dont-backup check "%"
:   e! %
:endfunction

to use this function I just do:

:call SpellCheck()

It goes through the file just like Microsoft Word would, I exit, and then the file is reloaded with corrections.

Running aspell externally without having to move my mouse is integrated enough for me. I've never liked on-the-fly spell checking. I find it and things like IntelliSense distracting.