Spell Checking in Vim

I always like being able to do things via the terminal and for typing I like to use vim. An awesome feature I just discovered recently is that vim has a great spell checking ability.

First thing I did was update my ~/.vimrc file with the following


:map <F5> :setlocal spell! spelllang=en_ca 

This allows the spell checking to be enabled and disabled via a simple F5.

Note : I use 'en_ca' for English Canada but this can easily be changed as appropriate.

To go to a word that has a spelling error :

]s : move to next error
[s : move to previous error
z= : suggests alternatives that can be correct e.g.