Questions tagged [spell-checking]

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Spell check comments in vim

I'm a C/C++ professional programmer who makes lots of spelling mistakes in comments. I want to configure vim such that the spell-checker only looks for misspelled words within comments. If necessary I'm willing to add special symbols around the…
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How to make the zsh "correct" functionality remember my spell-correction decisions

I have enabled correction (I wouldn't call it autocorrection specifically because of this issue) in zsh by enabling setopt correct in my .zshrc. Now, when I type dtae in a terminal, I get: dtae zsh: correct 'dtae' to 'date' [nyae]? y Tue Mar…
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vim spell checker?

Is there a way to spell check a file using vim?
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Do spellcheckers exist that are aware of Markdown?

I would like to run a spellchecker over my articles before I publish them. I think aspell is ok, but it should not try to check code blocks: asdfasdfa adsfa sdfa text to check adsfasd f ``` a wild code block appeared! thisHas quiteOften() some…
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How can I create my own spelling file for vim?

At the moment I'm writing a document where I need to use a lot of acronyms, technical language, and non German words. Now I was wondering if I could create a spelling file (tech_speak) which checks for this technical language so I can use the…
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Make hunspell work with emacs and german language

I want to make hunspell work with emacs24 and a german dictionary on a ubuntu 13.04-box. To do so I installed hunspell and hunspell-de and added the following to my .emacs file: (setq ispell-program-name "hunspell") (setq ispell-dictionary…
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Is there a grammar-checker under linux?

While there are spell-checkers but AFAIK they are limited to spell-checking. Are there any grammar-checking utilities in free software and more precisely Debian. Even if not in Debian, then in free software. I am using the spell-checking tag as…
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Vim spell punctuation for ⸮

I am finding myself using the point d'irony (⸮) more and more. However, vim spelling does not recognise it as a valid punctuation character. How can I add it to vim so that the spelling works?
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hunspell: add word to dictionary from command line

From hunspell man page: ... When in the -a mode, hunspell will also accept lines of single words prefixed with any of '*', '&', '@', '+', '-', '~', '#', '!', '%', '`', or '^'. A line starting with '*' tells hunspell to insert…
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How can I tell which dictionary kate/KDE is using for spell checking?

I noticed that kate thinks that a particular word is spelled correctly, even though is it misspelled. When I check the word using aspell or enchant utilities, they both correctly identify it as being misspelled. How can I tell which spell checker…
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aspell installs too many languages

I have installed aspell-en and aspell-de. I have expected this will give me the choice between en and de languages. However, the package has installed many versions of en and de languages and now when I want to select my spell language, I get too…
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Gedit or an other non-commandline editor with the ability to spell-check two languages at the same time

I'm searching for an editor with the ability to spell-check two languages at the same time (German and English). Gedit can't do it out of the box. But I want to use Gedit. It should be possible by merging the English and German dictionaries and…
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Thunderbird spellcheck does not work sometimes when replying to message

I am using automatic spellcheck in Thunderbird v68.8 on Debian Buster (misspelled words are automatically underlined) it works reliably when I create a new empty message but when I am replying to a message (either by clicking on "reply" or "reply…
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E763 with vim and spell checker

I want to add germand spell checking to vim. So I set :set spl=de_de spell then there is a dialogue, where I can create a directory called .vim/spell. And then there is another question where I can download a .spl file. And again for a .sug file.…
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Spelling mistakes in the file?

I have a file with spelling mistakes in it. It has a lot of mistakes I need to find all mistakes and correct them. I used : spell [filename] it shows me spelling mistakes thiis iz wurse ... and many others. How can I correct all mistakes in one…
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