created 2006 · complexity basic · author Alex N · version 7.0
If you have gvim toolbars disabled, here's an easier and quicker way to toggle the spellcheck functionality:
:map <F5> :setlocal spell! spelllang=en_us<CR>
Remap to whichever Fx key you require, or switch the dictionary to use.
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Also for when you're in insert mode:
":imap <F5> <Esc>:setlocal spell! spelllang=en_us<CR>i inoremap <F5> <C-\><C-O>:setlocal spelllang=en_us spell! spell?<CR>
This works better. The previous tip's :imap will change the position of the cursor if the cursor was at the very end of the line.
:imap <F5> <C-o>:setlocal spell! spelllang=en_us<CR>
I just used the following:
nn <F7> :setlocal spell! spell?<CR>
<F7> is the same as most Windows applications. spelllang=en_us is by default?
" For those with sadly no function keys available " toggle spelling use \s imap <Leader>s <C-o>:setlocal spell! spelllang=en_gb<CR> nmap <Leader>s :setlocal spell! spelllang=en_gb<CR>
let g:myLang = 0 let g:myLangList = ['nospell', 'de_de', 'en_gb'] function! MySpellLang() "loop through languages if g:myLang == 0 | setlocal nospell | endif if g:myLang == 1 | let &l:spelllang = g:myLangList[g:myLang] | setlocal spell | endif if g:myLang == 2 | let &l:spelllang = g:myLangList[g:myLang] | setlocal spell | endif echomsg 'language:' g:myLangList[g:myLang] let g:myLang = g:myLang + 1 if g:myLang >= len(g:myLangList) | let g:myLang = 0 | endif endfunction map <F7> :<C-U>call MySpellLang()<CR>
Someone can maybe implement it a better way, but so I can toggle through.
Fiddled around a little, now it does not move the cursor anymore, and I don't have the slightest idea why. Here is that part from my .vimrc:
"switch spellcheck languages let g:myLang = 0 let g:myLangList = [ "nospell", "de_de", "en_us" ] function! MySpellLang() "loop through languages let g:myLang = g:myLang + 1 if g:myLang >= len(g:myLangList) | let g:myLang = 0 | endif if g:myLang == 0 | set nospell | endif if g:myLang == 1 | setlocal spell spelllang=de_de | endif if g:myLang == 2 | setlocal spell spelllang=en_us | endif echo "language:" g:myLangList[g:myLang] endf map <F7> :call MySpellLang()<CR> imap <F7> <C-o>:call MySpellLang()<CR>
Don't know what I changed, but the most important thing is that it works now. I also changed the order of the commands, because before the first hit of F7 would only display the current state and did not change anything, now it directly switches to the next language.
It would be better to set the "myLang" variable local for each buffer, because the spell option is also local. In case you use two or more buffers and activate "en_gb" for one, "g:myLang" contains 2 now if you want to activate it for another one, you have to press <F7> three times.
So change each occurrence of g:myLang to b:myLang and define it for each buffer when the function is called for the first time. For this: remove the "let g:myLang = 0" line and add the following statement to the function directly after the function declaration:
if !exists( "b:myLang" ) let b:myLang=0 endif
The spell option can be directly set to get(g:myLangList, b:myLang) (except for the case b:myLang==0, of course). This way, the list can be managed and accessed more easily:
if b:myLang == 0 setlocal nospell else execute "setlocal spell spelllang=" . get(g:myLangList, b:myLang) endif
Putting it all together:
" Spell Check
let b:myLang=0
let g:myLangList=["nospell","de_de","en_gb"]
function! ToggleSpell()
let b:myLang=b:myLang+1
if b:myLang>=len(g:myLangList) | let b:myLang=0 | endif
if b:myLang==0
setlocal nospell
else
execute "setlocal spell spelllang=".get(g:myLangList, b:myLang)
endif
echo "spell checking language:" g:myLangList[b:myLang]
endfunction
nmap <silent> <F7> :call ToggleSpell()<CR>
In case the spelling language was set by other means than ToggleSpell() (a filetype autocommand say), it is safer to replace
if !exists( "b:myLang" ) let b:myLang=0 endif
by this additional check
if !exists( "b:myLang" )
if &spell
let b:myLang=index(g:myLangList, &spelllang)
else
let b:myLang=0
endif
endif
Note that index returns -1 if the set language is not in g:myLangList, implying the spelling to be toggled off at this occasion.