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title: "vim spelling"
date: 2020-03-05T10:41:42+01:00
draft: false
snippet_types: ["vim"]
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Exampled by the errors in my blog posts, spelling is not my strength. Never was. Always felt focusing on spelling limited my vocabulary. So I rely on tech. From the first red squiggly line in MS Word to now.

Web UI base tools:

- [Grammerly](https://app.grammarly.com/)
- [Language tool](https://languagetool.org/)

The problem with these is I have to leave the terminal. Tech Motto: Never leave the terminal. So I use vim's built-in. It is surprisingly good. 

**In action:**

{{< asciicast-with-caption id="307766" title="demo using vim's builtin spell check" >}}

**Config:**

I write in both English and German so I have key maps for both

```vim script
nnoremap <leader>se :setlocal spell spelllang=en<CR>
nnoremap <leader>sd :setlocal spell spelllang=de<CR>
nnoremap <leader>sn :setlocal nospell<CR>
```

Other spelling and writing tools: https://www.are.na/travis-shears/writing-bqnwud28d50