spell check in vi give error

sumeet inani · 07-16-2009, 02:34 AM

Hi i am using openSUSE 10.3 & spell check in vi editor gave following error.
warning: Cannot find word list "en.utf-8.spl" or "en.ascii.spl"
What should I do?

catkin · 07-16-2009, 08:38 AM

You should Google for vi "word list" "en.utf-8.spl" or "en.ascii.spl". Could be a runtimepath problem.

sumeet inani · 07-28-2009, 01:19 AM

For open-SUSE users

Code:

I found out that you have to install 
vim-data from dvd version of openSUSE10.3
then spell check works.

sumeet inani · 07-28-2009, 01:33 AM

Can anybody tell me command for spell checking a file ?

linuxlover.chaitanya · 07-28-2009, 01:38 AM

:w !spell -b

sumeet inani · 11-10-2009, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxlover.chaitanya

:w !spell -b

Don't you think running ':set spell' inside vi editor is easier.

catkin · 11-10-2009, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sumeet inani

i tried but output is

/bin/bash: spell: command not found
shell returned 127
Press ENTER or type command to continue

Try aspell -- or look for an ubuntu package that includes the spell command.

sumeet inani · 11-10-2009, 11:22 PM

I ran
sudo apt-get install spell

Then on running :w! spell -b in vi I got following error

spell: /usr/lib/ispell/british.hash: cannot open
shell returned 1

I think I have american dictionary then what should be change in command for spell check?

catkin · 11-11-2009, 08:39 AM

Find what dictionaries you do have by looking in /usr/lib/ispell and then configure /etc/aspell.conf to suit. For English as she is Americanised you may need (not tested) lang en_US

sumeet inani · 11-12-2009, 01:50 AM

SOLUTION FOR ALL

Code:

ANSWER)run 'select-default-ispell' as super user
to set dictionary.
Now you can 
run ':set spell' in vi 
then you can use ']s' to see next misspelled word
& '[s' for previous  misspelled word.

(Question)I want that whatever file I open with vim should be spell checked by default.how can i do it?

Code:

(Answer)Create file .vimrc in home directory.
Add following line in it
set spell
Now whenever you will open file with vim you will
see red highlighted wrong words.

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sumeet inani · 11-12-2009, 02:14 AM

HOW TO ERASE HISTORY OF VI
(Question 2)I saw command ':set history=10' to save only last 10 commands but how can I clear history(like in terminal we do 'history -c').