<p>
Frank Bell describes how to check your spelling in the Vim editor and to create
your own wordlist.
</p>
<p>
Frank's ~/.vimrc file:
</p>
<pre>
set ruler laststatus=2 number title hlsearch
syntax on
set textwidth=80
set spell spelllang=en_us
set spellfile=$HOME/.Vim/spell/en.utf-8.add
</pre>

<h3>Illustrations:</h3>

<p>
Text file in Vim with spellcheck enabled:
</p>

<a href="https://www.pineviewfarm.net/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Vim-hilite.png" >
<img src="https://www.pineviewfarm.net/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Vim-hilite.png" alt="A screen shot of a text document opened in VIM with mis-spelled words highlighted in a different color" />
</a>

<p>
Vim "choose the right word" list:
</p>
<a href="https://www.pineviewfarm.net/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Vim-wordlist.png">
<img src="https://www.pineviewfarm.net/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Vim-wordlist.png" 
alt="Vim options showing the text change ESC to and then providing a long list of alternatives. At the bottom you are asked to fill in the number of the alternative you wish to use"/>
</a>

<h3>Links:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Excellent introductory tutorial:  <a href="https://thejakeharding.com/tutorial/2012/06/13/using-spell-check-in-vim.html">https://thejakeharding.com/tutorial/2012/06/13/using-spell-check-in-vim.html</a></li>
<li>Vim's own documentation: <a href="https://Vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/spell.html">https://Vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/spell.html</a></li>
<li>Linux Voice Vim tutorial (PDF):  <a href="https://www.linuxvoice.com/issues/001/vim.pdf">https://www.linuxvoice.com/issues/001/vim.pdf</a></li>
<li>Linux Voice Vim video:  <a href="https://www.linuxvoice.com/learn-to-love-vim/">https://www.linuxvoice.com/learn-to-love-vim/</a></li>
</ul>