my nvim spellcheck setup
========================

I've gone too long without a proper spellcheck setup in nvim. I know it's there, I just don't use it, I don't have the right keybinds, like I do with...

Date: May 31, 2025

I've gone too long without a proper spellcheck setup in nvim. I know it's
there, I just don't use it, I don't have the right keybinds, like I do with
vim date [1], to make it work, and its clunky.

## Default keybinds

* z= show spell suggestions
* zg add word to dictionary
* zw remove word from dictionary
* ]s jump to next misspelled word
* [s jump to previous misspelled word

I really struggle with bracketed keybinds, they don't flow for me. I have to
shift into it and hit two keys, you cant just pop through them with intent, it
always feels clunky to me.

## Custom keybinds

I barely use F-keys in my keymap so that was free game. On my keyboard I have
F1-F9 in a numpad layout on my right hand, so F4-F6 are home row, these are
super easy to pop through and update. I really refrain from using such high
real estate keys like this unless it's for something good, and I do a lot of
writing in nvim, so fingers crossed I use the heck out of it.

* jump to next misspelled word
* jump to previous misspelled word
* show spell suggestions

I still use zg and zw, they seem fine to me.

## The Setup

In my keymap.lua file I added these to the end, they are working so far and
hopefully I use spellcheck more on my posts now that I've made it easy.

``` lua
set("n", "", "]s")
set("n", "", "[s")
set("n", "", "Telescope spell_suggest")
```

## One Failure

I went down a long rabbit hole before this trying to populate the quickfix with
spelling errors, I tried looking for existing plugins, tried to get ai to give
me a good prototype to start with, and everything was over complicated. So far
I'm really liking this setup.

References:
[1]: /vim-date/