HACKTUX notes from the trenches

Place these settings in ~/.vimrc to enable and configure spell checking in Vim. Comments start with double quotes. For more, open vim and type :help spell

Enable Spelling

set spell

Enable Spellfile

set spell spelllang=en_us
" zg to add word to word list
" zw to reverse
" zug to remove word from word list
" z= to get list of possibilities
set spellfile=~/.vim/spellfile.add

Set Colors

highlight clear SpellBad
highlight SpellBad term=standout ctermfg=1 term=underline cterm=underline
highlight clear SpellCap
highlight SpellCap term=underline cterm=underline
highlight clear SpellRare
highlight SpellRare term=underline cterm=underline
highlight clear SpellLocal
highlight SpellLocal term=underline cterm=underline