Vim Cheatsheet

How do I enable / use spell-checking?

• In your .vimrc or init.vim add the following lines to enable spell checking for German and English. This will highlight miss-spelled words.

  " Check spelling for English and German.
  set spell spelllang=en,de
  

• Add the following lines, to move between miss-spelled words with zn and zN.

  " Move to miss-spelled words with 'zn' / 'zN'.
  nnoremap zn ]s
  nnoremap zN [s
  

• Find the correct word with z=
• Add words to your dictionary with zg.
• Mark words as incorrect with zw.

How can I save a macro?

To save a macro in register x:

1. In normal mode type qx, record the macro and save with q.
2. Open your .vimrc or init.vim in another buffer.
3. Add let @x = '...'.
4. Replace ... with "xp to paste the content of register x.

Now register x will always have the recorded macro on startup. To use it type @x in normal mode.

• StackOverflow: Saving vim macros

How can I create a number sequence?

Write a column of zeros.

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Highlight the column with Ctrl + v. Type g followed by Ctrl + a.

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