`vim` tips and tricks

vim 7

Ben has installed a testing version of vim. To use it, just type vim7 instead of vim (or gvim7 instead of gvim). One nice thing about this new version is spell checking. Below are some of Ben's notes on how to use spell checking with vim7.

add this to your .vimrc:

if has("spell")
  " turn spelling on by default
  set spell

  " toggle spelling with F4 key
  map <F4> :set spell!<CR><Bar>:echo "Spell Check: " . strpart("OffOn", 3 * &spell, 3)<CR>

  " they were using white on white
  highlight PmenuSel ctermfg=black ctermbg=lightgray

  " limit it to just the top 10 items
  set sps=best,10                    
endif

to have a personal wordlist, make a directory called ~/.vim/spell

you can manually add things your personal wordlist (~/.vim/spell/en.latin1.add):

    printf(              (so printf is invalid, but printf( is ok) 
    nextLine()
    ArrayList/=          (the /= means always match case)
    focussed/!           (the /! says treat this as a misspelling)

if you manually add to your wordlist, you need to regenerate it:
```
    :mkspell! ~/.vim/spell/en.latin1.add
```

some useful keys for spellchecking:

  ]s       - forward to misspelled/rare/wrong cap word
  [s       - backwards

  ]S       - only stop at misspellings
  [S       - in other direction

  zG       - accept spelling for this session
  zg       - accept spelling and add to personal dictionary

  zW       - treat as misspelling for this session
  zw       - treat as misspelling and add to personal dictionary

  z=       - show spelling suggestions

  :spellr  - repeat last spell replacement for all words in window

vim tips and tricks

vim 7

`vim` tips and tricks