kak-spell

PyEnchant wrapper for Kakoune.

Installation

1. Install the Enchant library, and the required dictionaries. See PyEnchant documentation for details.

2. Install the kak-spell script, for instance with pipx:

pipx install kak-spell

3. Install plug.kak and add the following lines in your kakrc:

plug "dmerejkowsky/kak-spell"

define-command lint-on-save "hook buffer BufWritePre .* lint"```

4. (optional): declare a user mode and some mappings:

declare-user-mode kak-spell
map global user s ': enter-user-mode kak-spell<ret>' -docstring 'enter spell user mode'
map global kak-spell e ': kak-spell %opt{spell_lang}<ret>' -docstring "enable spell checking"
map global kak-spell c ': kak-spell-clear<ret>' -docstring 'clear spelling highlighters'
map global kak-spell n ': kak-spell-next<ret>' -docstring 'go to next spell error'
map global kak-spell r ': kak-spell-replace<ret>' -docstring 'suggest a list of replacements'
map global kak-spell a ': kak-spell-add<ret>' -docstring 'add the selection to the user dict'
map global kak-spell x ': kak-spell-remove<ret>' -docstring 'remove the selection from the user dict'

Discuss

You can discuss features of this plugin on discuss.kakoune.com.

I'd like to thank all the people who contributed code and ideas to make usage of this plugin easier.