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*<A NAME="spell.txt"></A><B>spell.txt</B>*	For Vim version 7.4.  Last change: 2013 Jul 17


		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by <A HREF="intro.html#Bram">Bram</A> <A HREF="intro.html#Moolenaar">Moolenaar</A>



Spell checking						*<A NAME="spell"></A><B>spell</B>*

1. Quick start			|<A HREF="#spell-quickstart">spell-quickstart</A>|
2. Remarks on spell checking	|<A HREF="#spell-remarks">spell-remarks</A>|
3. Generating a spell file	|<A HREF="#spell-mkspell">spell-mkspell</A>|
4. Spell file format		|<A HREF="#spell-file-format">spell-file-format</A>|

{Vi does not have any of these commands}

Spell checking is not available when the |<A HREF="various.html#+syntax">+syntax</A>| feature has been disabled
at compile time.

Note: There also is a vimspell <A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A>.  If you have <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> you can <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> &quot;<A HREF="helphelp.html#:help">:help</A>
vimspell&quot; to find about <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>.  But you will probably want to get rid of the
<A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A> and use the <A HREF="options.html#'spell'">'spell'</A> option instead, <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> works better.

==============================================================================

1. Quick start					*<A NAME="spell-quickstart"></A><B>spell-quickstart</B>* *<A NAME="E756"></A><B>E756</B>*

This command switches on <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checking:

<B>	:setlocal spell spelllang=en_us</B>

This switches on the <A HREF="options.html#'spell'">'spell'</A> option and specifies to check for US English.

The words that are not recognized are highlighted with one of these:
	SpellBad	<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> not recognized			|<A HREF="syntax.html#hl-SpellBad">hl-SpellBad</A>|
	SpellCap	<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> not capitalised			|<A HREF="syntax.html#hl-SpellCap">hl-SpellCap</A>|
	SpellRare	rare <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>				|<A HREF="syntax.html#hl-SpellRare">hl-SpellRare</A>|
	SpellLocal	wrong spelling for selected region	|<A HREF="syntax.html#hl-SpellLocal">hl-SpellLocal</A>|

Vim only checks words for spelling, there is no grammar check.

If the <A HREF="options.html#'mousemodel'">'mousemodel'</A> option is set to &quot;popup&quot; and the cursor is on a badly
spelled <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> or <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> is &quot;popup_setpos&quot; and the mouse pointer is on a badly
spelled <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>, then the popup menu will contain a submenu to replace the bad
<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  Note: this slows down the appearance of the popup menu.  Note for <A HREF="gui_x11.html#GTK">GTK</A>:
don't release the right mouse button until the menu appears, otherwise <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>
won't work.

To search for the next misspelled <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>:


							*<A NAME="]s"></A><B>]s</B>*
<A HREF="#]s">]s</A>			Move to next misspelled <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> after the cursor.
			A <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> before the command can be used to repeat.
			<A HREF="options.html#'wrapscan'">'wrapscan'</A> applies.


							*<A NAME="[s"></A><B>[s</B>*
<A HREF="#[s">[s</A>			Like &quot;<A HREF="#]s">]s</A>&quot; but search backwards, find the misspelled
			<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> before the cursor.  Doesn't recognize words
			split over two lines, thus may stop at words that are
			not highlighted <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> bad.  Does not stop at <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with
			missing capital at the start of a line.


							*<A NAME="]S"></A><B>]S</B>*
<A HREF="#]S">]S</A>			Like &quot;<A HREF="#]s">]s</A>&quot; but only stop at bad words, not at rare
			words or words for another region.


							*<A NAME="[S"></A><B>[S</B>*
<A HREF="#[S">[S</A>			Like &quot;<A HREF="#]S">]S</A>&quot; but search backwards.


To add words to your own <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list:


							*<A NAME="zg"></A><B>zg</B>*
<A HREF="#zg">zg</A>			Add <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> under the cursor <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a good <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to the first
			name in <A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A>.  A <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> may precede the command
			to indicate the entry in <A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A> to be used.  A
			<A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> of two uses the second entry.

			In <A HREF="visual.html#Visual">Visual</A> mode the selected characters are added <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a
			<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> (including white space!).
			When the cursor is on text that is marked <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> badly
			spelled then the marked text is used.
			Otherwise the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> under the cursor, separated by
			non-word characters, is used.

			If the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is explicitly marked <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> bad <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> in
			another <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file the result is unpredictable.


							*<A NAME="zG"></A><B>zG</B>*
<A HREF="#zG">zG</A>			Like &quot;<A HREF="#zg">zg</A>&quot; but add the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to the internal <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list
			|<A HREF="#internal-wordlist">internal-wordlist</A>|.


							*<A NAME="zw"></A><B>zw</B>*
<A HREF="#zw">zw</A>			Like &quot;<A HREF="#zg">zg</A>&quot; but <A HREF="motion.html#mark">mark</A> the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a wrong (bad) <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.
			If the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> already appears in <A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A> <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> is
			turned into a comment line.  See |<A HREF="#spellfile-cleanup">spellfile-cleanup</A>|
			for getting rid of those.


							*<A NAME="zW"></A><B>zW</B>*
<A HREF="#zW">zW</A>			Like &quot;<A HREF="#zw">zw</A>&quot; but add the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to the internal <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list
			|<A HREF="#internal-wordlist">internal-wordlist</A>|.


<A HREF="#zuw">zuw</A>							*<A NAME="zug"></A><B>zug</B>* *<A NAME="zuw"></A><B>zuw</B>*
<A HREF="#zug">zug</A>			Undo |<A HREF="#zw">zw</A>| and |<A HREF="#zg">zg</A>|, remove the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> from the entry in
			<A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A>.  Count used <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> with |<A HREF="#zg">zg</A>|.


<A HREF="#zuW">zuW</A>							*<A NAME="zuG"></A><B>zuG</B>* *<A NAME="zuW"></A><B>zuW</B>*
<A HREF="#zuG">zuG</A>			Undo |<A HREF="#zW">zW</A>| and |<A HREF="#zG">zG</A>|, remove the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> from the internal
			<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list.  Count used <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> with |<A HREF="#zg">zg</A>|.


							*<A NAME=":spe"></A><B>:spe</B>* *<A NAME=":spellgood"></A><B>:spellgood</B>*
:[count]spe[llgood] {word}
			Add {word} <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a good <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to <A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A>, like with
			|<A HREF="#zg">zg</A>|.  Without <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> the first name is used, with a
			<A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> of two the second entry, etc.

:spe[llgood]! {word}	Add {word} <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a good <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to the internal <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list,
			like with |<A HREF="#zG">zG</A>|.


							*<A NAME=":spellw"></A><B>:spellw</B>* *<A NAME=":spellwrong"></A><B>:spellwrong</B>*
:[count]spellw[rong] {word}
			Add {word} <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a wrong (bad) <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to <A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A>, <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A>
			with |<A HREF="#zw">zw</A>|.  Without <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> the first name is used, with
			a <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> of two the second entry, etc.

:spellw[rong]! {word}	Add {word} <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a wrong (bad) <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to the internal <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
			list, like with |<A HREF="#zW">zW</A>|.


:[count]spellu[ndo] {word}				*<A NAME=":spellu"></A><B>:spellu</B>* *<A NAME=":spellundo"></A><B>:spellundo</B>*
			Like |<A HREF="#zuw">zuw</A>|.  <A HREF="intro.html#[count]">[count]</A> used <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> with |<A HREF="#:spellgood">:spellgood</A>|.

:spellu[ndo]! {word}	Like |<A HREF="#zuW">zuW</A>|.  <A HREF="intro.html#[count]">[count]</A> used <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> with |<A HREF="#:spellgood">:spellgood</A>|.


After adding a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to <A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A> with the above commands its associated
&quot;.spl&quot; file will automatically be updated and reloaded.  If you change
<A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A> manually you need to use the |<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>| command.  This sequence of
commands mostly works well:
<B>	:edit &lt;file in 'spellfile'&gt;</B>
 	(make changes to the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file)
<B>	:mkspell! %</B>

More details about the <A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A> format below |<A HREF="#spell-wordlist-format">spell-wordlist-format</A>|.


							*<A NAME="internal-wordlist"></A><B>internal-wordlist</B>*
The internal <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list is used for all <A HREF="windows.html#buffers">buffers</A> where <A HREF="options.html#'spell'">'spell'</A> is set.  It is
not stored, <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> is lost when you exit Vim.  It is also cleared when <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A>
is set.


Finding suggestions for bad words:

							*<A NAME="z="></A><B>z=</B>*
<A HREF="#z=">z=</A>			For the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> under/after the cursor suggest correctly
			spelled words.  This also works to find alternatives
			for a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> that is not highlighted <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a bad <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>,
			e.g., when the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> after <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> is bad.
			In <A HREF="visual.html#Visual">Visual</A> mode the highlighted text is taken <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> the
			<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to be replaced.
			The results are sorted on similarity to the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> being
			replaced.
			This may take a long time.  Hit <A HREF="pattern.html#CTRL-C">CTRL-C</A> when you get
			bored.

			If the command is used without a <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> the
			alternatives are listed and you can enter the number
			of your choice or press <A HREF="intro.html#&lt;Enter&gt;">&lt;Enter&gt;</A> if you don't want to
			replace.  You can also use the mouse to click on your
			choice (only works if the mouse can be used in <A HREF="intro.html#Normal">Normal</A>
			mode and when there are no line wraps).  Click on the
			first line (the header) to cancel.

			The suggestions listed normally replace a highlighted
			bad <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  Sometimes they include other text, in that
			<A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> the replaced text is also listed after a &quot;<A HREF="change.html#&lt;">&lt;</A>&quot;.

			If a <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> is used that suggestion is used, without
			prompting.  For example, &quot;1z=&quot; always takes the first
			suggestion.

			If <A HREF="options.html#'verbose'">'verbose'</A> is non-zero a score will be displayed
			with the suggestions to indicate the likeliness to the
			badly spelled <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> (the higher the score the more
			different).
			When a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> was replaced the <A HREF="undo.html#redo">redo</A> command &quot;<A HREF="repeat.html#.">.</A>&quot; will
			repeat the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> replacement.  This works like &quot;ciw&quot;,
			the good <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> and <A HREF="intro.html#&lt;Esc&gt;">&lt;Esc&gt;</A>.  This does NOT work for Thai
			and other languages without spaces between words.


					*<A NAME=":spellr"></A><B>:spellr</B>* *<A NAME=":spellrepall"></A><B>:spellrepall</B>* *<A NAME="E752"></A><B>E752</B>* *<A NAME="E753"></A><B>E753</B>*
:spellr[epall]		Repeat the replacement done by |<A HREF="#z=">z=</A>| for all matches
			with the replaced <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> in the current <A HREF="windows.html#window">window</A>.

In <A HREF="insert.html#Insert">Insert</A> mode, when the cursor is after a badly spelled <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>, you can use
<A HREF="change.html#CTRL-X">CTRL-X</A> <A HREF="change.html#s">s</A> to find suggestions.  This works like <A HREF="insert.html#Insert">Insert</A> mode completion.  Use
<A HREF="motion.html#CTRL-N">CTRL-N</A> to use the next suggestion, <A HREF="motion.html#CTRL-P">CTRL-P</A> to go back. |<A HREF="insert.html#i_CTRL-X_s">i_CTRL-X_s</A>|

The <A HREF="options.html#'spellsuggest'">'spellsuggest'</A> option influences how the list of suggestions is generated
and sorted.  See |<A HREF="options.html#'spellsuggest'">'spellsuggest'</A>|.

The <A HREF="options.html#'spellcapcheck'">'spellcapcheck'</A> option is used to check the first <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> of a <A HREF="motion.html#sentence">sentence</A>
starts with a capital.  This doesn't work for the first <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> in the file.
When there is a line break right after a <A HREF="motion.html#sentence">sentence</A> the highlighting of the next
line may be postponed.  Use |<A HREF="various.html#CTRL-L">CTRL-L</A>| when needed.  Also see |<A HREF="#set-spc-auto">set-spc-auto</A>| for
how <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> can be set automatically when <A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A> is set.

Vim counts the number of times a good <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is encountered.  This is used to
sort the suggestions: words that have been seen before get a small bonus,
words that have been seen often get a bigger bonus.  The COMMON item in the
affix file can be used to define common words, so that this mechanism also
works in a new or short file |<A HREF="#spell-COMMON">spell-COMMON</A>|.

==============================================================================

2. Remarks on <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checking				*<A NAME="spell-remarks"></A><B>spell-remarks</B>*

PERFORMANCE

Vim does on-the-fly <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checking.  To make this work fast the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list is
loaded in memory.  Thus this uses a lot of memory (1 Mbyte or more).  There
might also be a noticeable delay when the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list is loaded, which happens
when <A HREF="options.html#'spell'">'spell'</A> is set and when <A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A> is set while <A HREF="options.html#'spell'">'spell'</A> was already set.
To minimize the delay each <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list is only loaded once, <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> is not deleted
when <A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A> is made empty or <A HREF="options.html#'spell'">'spell'</A> is reset.  When <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A> is set
all the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> lists are reloaded, thus you may notice a delay then too.


REGIONS

A <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> may be spelled differently in various regions.  For example, English
comes in (at least) these variants:

	en		all regions
	en_au		Australia
	en_ca		Canada
	en_gb		Great Britain
	en_nz		New Zealand
	en_us		USA

Words that are not used in one region but are used in another region are
highlighted with SpellLocal |<A HREF="syntax.html#hl-SpellLocal">hl-SpellLocal</A>|.

Always use <A HREF="change.html#lowercase">lowercase</A> letters for the language and region names.

When adding a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with |<A HREF="#zg">zg</A>| or another command it's always added for all
regions.  You can change that by manually editing the <A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A>.  See
|<A HREF="#spell-wordlist-format">spell-wordlist-format</A>|.  Note that the regions <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> specified in the files in
<A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A> are only used when all entries in <A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A> specify the same
region (not counting files specified by their .spl name).


							*<A NAME="spell-german"></A><B>spell-german</B>*
Specific exception: For German these special regions are used:
	de		all German words accepted
	de_de		old and new spelling
	de_19		old spelling
	de_20		new spelling
	de_at		Austria
	de_ch		Switzerland


							*<A NAME="spell-russian"></A><B>spell-russian</B>*
Specific exception: For <A HREF="russian.html#Russian">Russian</A> these special regions are used:
	ru		all <A HREF="russian.html#Russian">Russian</A> words accepted
	ru_ru		&quot;IE&quot; <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A> spelling
	ru_yo		&quot;YO&quot; <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A> spelling


							*<A NAME="spell-yiddish"></A><B>spell-yiddish</B>*
Yiddish requires using &quot;<A HREF="mbyte.html#utf-8">utf-8</A>&quot; encoding, because of the special characters
used.  If you are using latin1 Vim will use transliterated (romanized) Yiddish
instead.  If you want to use transliterated Yiddish with <A HREF="mbyte.html#utf-8">utf-8</A> use &quot;yi-tr&quot;.
In a table:
	<A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A>	<A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A>
	<A HREF="mbyte.html#utf-8">utf-8</A>		yi		Yiddish
	latin1		yi		transliterated Yiddish
	<A HREF="mbyte.html#utf-8">utf-8</A>		yi-tr		transliterated Yiddish



SPELL FILES						*<A NAME="spell-load"></A><B>spell-load</B>*

Vim searches for <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> files in the &quot;<A HREF="#spell">spell</A>&quot; subdirectory of the directories in
<A HREF="options.html#'runtimepath'">'runtimepath'</A>.  The name is: LL.EEE.spl, where:
	LL	the language name
	EEE	the value of <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A>

The value for &quot;LL&quot; comes from <A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A>, but excludes the region name.
Examples:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	'spelllang'	LL </FONT></B>
	en_us		en
	en-rare		en-rare
	medical_ca	medical

Only the first file is loaded, the one that is first in <A HREF="options.html#'runtimepath'">'runtimepath'</A>.  If
this succeeds then additionally files with the name LL.EEE.add.spl are loaded.
All the ones that are found are used.

If no <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file is found the |<A HREF="autocmd.html#SpellFileMissing">SpellFileMissing</A>| <A HREF="autocmd.html#autocommand">autocommand</A> event is
triggered.  This may trigger the |<A HREF="spellfile.html">spellfile.vim</A>| <A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A> to offer you
downloading the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file.

Additionally, the files related to the names in <A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A> are loaded.  These
are the files that |<A HREF="#zg">zg</A>| and |<A HREF="#zw">zw</A>| add good and wrong words to.

Exceptions:
- Vim uses &quot;latin1&quot; when <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A> is &quot;iso-8859-15&quot;.  The euro sign doesn't
  matter for spelling.
- When no <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file for <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A> is found &quot;ascii&quot; is tried.  This only
  works for languages where nearly all words are ASCII, such <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> English.  It
  helps when <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A> is not &quot;latin1&quot;, such <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> iso-8859-2, and English text
  is being edited.  For the &quot;.add&quot; files the same name <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> the found main
  <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file is used.

For example, with these values:
	<A HREF="options.html#'runtimepath'">'runtimepath'</A> is &quot;~/.vim,/usr/share/vim70,~/.vim/after&quot;
	<A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A>    is &quot;iso-8859-2&quot;
	<A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A>   is &quot;pl&quot;

Vim will look for:
1. ~/.vim/spell/pl.iso-8859-2.spl
2. /usr/share/vim70/spell/pl.iso-8859-2.spl
3. ~/.vim/spell/pl.iso-8859-2.add.spl
4. /usr/share/vim70/spell/pl.iso-8859-2.add.spl
5. ~/.vim/after/spell/pl.iso-8859-2.add.spl

This assumes 1. is not found and 2. is found.

If <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A> is &quot;latin1&quot; Vim will look for:
1. ~/.vim/spell/pl.latin1.spl
2. /usr/share/vim70/spell/pl.latin1.spl
3. ~/.vim/after/spell/pl.latin1.spl
4. ~/.vim/spell/pl.ascii.spl
5. /usr/share/vim70/spell/pl.ascii.spl
6. ~/.vim/after/spell/pl.ascii.spl

This assumes none of them are found (Polish doesn't make sense when leaving
out the non-ASCII characters).

Spelling for EBCDIC is currently not supported.

A <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file might not be available in the current <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A>.  See
|<A HREF="#spell-mkspell">spell-mkspell</A>| about how to create a spell file.  Converting a spell file
with &quot;iconv&quot; will NOT work!

Note: on <A HREF="os_vms.html#VMS">VMS</A> &quot;.{enc}.spl&quot; is changed to &quot;_{enc}.spl&quot; to avoid trouble with
filenames.


						    *<A NAME="spell-sug-file"></A><B>spell-sug-file</B>* *<A NAME="E781"></A><B>E781</B>*
If there is a file with exactly the same name <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> the &quot;.spl&quot; file but ending in
&quot;.sug&quot;, that file will be used for giving better suggestions.  It isn't loaded
before suggestions are made to reduce memory use.


				    *<A NAME="E758"></A><B>E758</B>* *<A NAME="E759"></A><B>E759</B>* *<A NAME="E778"></A><B>E778</B>* *<A NAME="E779"></A><B>E779</B>* *<A NAME="E780"></A><B>E780</B>* *<A NAME="E782"></A><B>E782</B>*
When loading a <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file Vim checks that <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> is properly formatted.  If you
get an error the file may be truncated, modified or intended for another Vim
version.



SPELLFILE CLEANUP					*<A NAME="spellfile-cleanup"></A><B>spellfile-cleanup</B>*

The |<A HREF="#zw">zw</A>| command turns existing entries in <A HREF="options.html#'spellfile'">'spellfile'</A> into comment lines.
This avoids having to write a new file every time, but results in the file
only getting longer, never shorter.  To clean up the comment lines in all
&quot;.add&quot; <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> files <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> this:
<B>	:runtime spell/cleanadd.vim</B>

This deletes all comment lines, except the ones that start with &quot;##&quot;.  Use
&quot;##&quot; lines to add comments that you want to keep.

You can invoke this <A HREF="usr_41.html#script">script</A> <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> often <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> you like.  A variable is provided to
skip updating files that have been changed recently.  Set <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> to the number of
seconds that has passed since a file was changed before <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> will be cleaned.
For example, to clean only files that were not changed in the last hour:
<B>      let g:spell_clean_limit = 60 * 60</B>
The default is one second.


WORDS

Vim uses a fixed method to recognize a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  This is independent of
<A HREF="options.html#'iskeyword'">'iskeyword'</A>, so that <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> also works in help files and for languages that
include characters like '<A HREF="motion.html#-">-</A>' in <A HREF="options.html#'iskeyword'">'iskeyword'</A>.  The <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> characters <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> depend on
<A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A>.

The table with <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> characters is stored in the main .spl file.  Therefore <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>
matters what the current <A HREF="mbyte.html#locale">locale</A> is when generating <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>!  A .add.spl file does
not contain a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> table though.

For a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> that starts with a digit the digit is ignored, unless the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a
whole is recognized.  Thus if &quot;3D&quot; is a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> and &quot;<A HREF="change.html#D">D</A>&quot; is not then &quot;3D&quot; is
recognized <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>, but if &quot;3D&quot; is not a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> then only the &quot;<A HREF="change.html#D">D</A>&quot; is marked <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A>
bad.  Hex numbers in the form 0x12ab and 0X12AB are recognized.


<A HREF="motion.html#WORD">WORD</A> COMBINATIONS

It is possible to spell-check words that include a space.  This is used to
recognize words that are invalid when used by themselves, e.g. for &quot;et al.&quot;.
It can also be used to recognize &quot;the the&quot; and highlight <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>.

The number of spaces is irrelevant.  In most cases a line break may also
appear.  However, this makes <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> difficult to find out where to start checking
for spelling mistakes.  When you make a change to one line and only that line
is redrawn Vim won't look in the previous line, thus when &quot;et&quot; is at the end
of the previous line &quot;al.&quot; will be flagged <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> an error.  And when you type
&quot;the&lt;CR&gt;the&quot; the highlighting doesn't appear until the first line is redrawn.
Use |<A HREF="various.html#CTRL-L">CTRL-L</A>| to redraw right away.  &quot;<A HREF="#[s">[s</A>&quot; will also stop at a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> combination
with a line break.

When encountering a line break Vim skips characters such <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> '*', '<A HREF="change.html#&gt;">&gt;</A>' and &#39;&#34;'',
so that comments in C, shell and Vim code can be <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checked.



SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING					*<A NAME="spell-syntax"></A><B>spell-syntax</B>*

Files that use <A HREF="syntax.html#syntax">syntax</A> highlighting can specify where <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checking should be
done:

1.  everywhere			   default
2.  in specific items		   use &quot;contains=@Spell&quot;
3.  everywhere but specific items  use &quot;contains=@NoSpell&quot;

For the second method adding the @NoSpell cluster will disable <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checking
again.  This can be used, for example, to add @Spell to the comments of a
program, and add @NoSpell for items that shouldn't be checked.
Also see |<A HREF="syntax.html#:syn-spell">:syn-spell</A>| for text that is not in a <A HREF="syntax.html#syntax">syntax</A> item.


VIM SCRIPTS

If you want to write a Vim <A HREF="usr_41.html#script">script</A> that does something with spelling, you may
find these <A HREF="eval.html#functions">functions</A> useful:

    <A HREF="eval.html#spellbadword()">spellbadword()</A>	find badly spelled <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> at the cursor
    <A HREF="eval.html#spellsuggest()">spellsuggest()</A>	get list of spelling suggestions
    <A HREF="eval.html#soundfold()">soundfold()</A>		get the sound-a-like version of a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>



SETTING <A HREF="options.html#'spellcapcheck'">'spellcapcheck'</A> AUTOMATICALLY			*<A NAME="set-spc-auto"></A><B>set-spc-auto</B>*

After the <A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A> option has been set successfully, Vim will source the
files &quot;spell/LANG.vim&quot; in <A HREF="options.html#'runtimepath'">'runtimepath'</A>.  &quot;LANG&quot; is the value of <A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A>
up to the first comma, dot or underscore.  This can be used to set <A HREF="options.html#options">options</A>
specifically for the language, especially <A HREF="options.html#'spellcapcheck'">'spellcapcheck'</A>.

The <A HREF="intro.html#distribution">distribution</A> includes a few of these files.  Use this command to see what
they <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A>:
<B>	:next $VIMRUNTIME/spell/*.vim</B>

Note that the default scripts don't set <A HREF="options.html#'spellcapcheck'">'spellcapcheck'</A> if <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> was changed from
the default value.  This assumes the user prefers another value then.



DOUBLE SCORING						*<A NAME="spell-double-scoring"></A><B>spell-double-scoring</B>*

The <A HREF="options.html#'spellsuggest'">'spellsuggest'</A> option can be used to select &quot;double&quot; scoring.  This
mechanism is based on the principle that there are two kinds of spelling
mistakes:

1. You know how to <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>, but mistype something.  This results in a
   small editing distance (character swapped/omitted/inserted) and possibly a
   <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> that sounds completely different.

2. You don't know how to <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> and type something that sounds right.
   The edit distance can be big but the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is similar after sound-folding.

Since scores for these two mistakes will be very different we use a list
for each and mix them.

The sound-folding is slow and people that know the language won't make the
second kind of mistakes.  Therefore <A HREF="options.html#'spellsuggest'">'spellsuggest'</A> can be set to select the
preferred method for scoring the suggestions.

==============================================================================

3. Generating a <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file				*<A NAME="spell-mkspell"></A><B>spell-mkspell</B>*

Vim uses a binary file format for spelling.  This greatly speeds up loading
the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list and keeps <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> small.

						    *<A NAME=".aff"></A><B>.aff</B>* *<A NAME=".dic"></A><B>.dic</B>* *<A NAME="Myspell"></A><B>Myspell</B>*
You can create a Vim <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file from the <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> and <A HREF="#.dic">.dic</A> files that <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A>
uses.  <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> is used by OpenOffice.org and Mozilla. The OpenOffice .oxt 
files are <A HREF="pi_zip.html#zip">zip</A> files which contain the <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> and <A HREF="#.dic">.dic</A> files. You should be able
to find them here:
	<A HREF="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/dictionary">http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/dictionary</A>
The older, OpenOffice 2 files may be used if this doesn't work:
	<A HREF="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries</A>
You can also use a plain <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list.  The results are the same, the choice
depends on what <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> lists you can find.

If you <A HREF="usr_90.html#install">install</A> Aap (from www.a-a-p.org) you can use the recipes in the
runtime/spell/??/ directories.  Aap will take care of downloading the files,
apply patches needed for Vim and build the .spl file.

Make sure your current <A HREF="mbyte.html#locale">locale</A> is set properly, otherwise Vim doesn't know what
characters are upper/lower <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> letters.  If the <A HREF="mbyte.html#locale">locale</A> isn't available (e.g.,
when using an <A HREF="os_win32.html#MS-Windows">MS-Windows</A> codepage on <A HREF="os_unix.html#Unix">Unix</A>) add tables to the <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> file
|<A HREF="#spell-affix-chars">spell-affix-chars</A>|.  If the <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> file doesn't define a table then the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
table of the currently active spelling is used.  If spelling is not active
then Vim will try to guess.


							*<A NAME=":mksp"></A><B>:mksp</B>* *<A NAME=":mkspell"></A><B>:mkspell</B>*
:mksp[ell][!] [-ascii] {outname} {inname} <A HREF="eval.html#...">...</A>
			Generate a Vim <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file from <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> lists.  Example:
<B>		:mkspell /tmp/nl nl_NL.words</B>

 								*<A NAME="E751"></A><B>E751</B>*
			When {outname} ends in &quot;.spl&quot; <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> is used <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> the output
			file name.  Otherwise <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> should be a language name,
			such <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> &quot;en&quot;, without the region name.  The file
			written will be &quot;{outname}.{encoding}.spl&quot;, where
			{encoding} is the value of the <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A> option.

			When the output file already exists [!] must be used
			to overwrite <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>.

			When the [-ascii] argument is present, words with
			non-ascii characters are skipped.  The resulting file
			ends in &quot;ascii.spl&quot;.

			The input can be the <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> format files {inname}.aff
			and {inname}.dic.  If {inname}.aff does not exist then
			{inname} is used <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> the file name of a plain <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
			list.

			Multiple {inname} arguments can be given to combine
			regions into one Vim <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file.  Example:
<B>		:mkspell ~/.vim/spell/en /tmp/en_US /tmp/en_CA /tmp/en_AU</B>
 			This combines the English <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> lists for US, CA and AU
			into one en.spl file.

			Up to eight regions can be combined. *<A NAME="E754"></A><B>E754</B>* *<A NAME="E755"></A><B>E755</B>*
			The REP and SAL items of the first <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> file where
			they appear are used. |<A HREF="#spell-REP">spell-REP</A>| |<A HREF="#spell-SAL">spell-SAL</A>|

								*<A NAME="E845"></A><B>E845</B>*
			This command uses a lot of memory, required to find
			the optimal <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> tree (Polish, Italian and Hungarian
			require several hundred Mbyte).  The final result will
			be much smaller, because compression is used.  To
			avoid running out of memory compression will be done
			now and then.  This can be tuned with the <A HREF="options.html#'mkspellmem'">'mkspellmem'</A>
			option.

			After the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file was written and <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> was being used
			in a buffer <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> will be reloaded automatically.

:mksp[ell] [-ascii] {name}.{enc}.add
			Like &quot;<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>&quot; above, using {name}.{enc}.add <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> the
			input file and producing an output file in the same
			directory that has &quot;.spl&quot; appended.

:mksp[ell] [-ascii] {name}
			Like &quot;<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>&quot; above, using {name} <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> the input file
			and producing an output file in the same directory
			that has &quot;.{enc}.spl&quot; appended.

Vim will report the number of duplicate words.  This might be a mistake in the
list of words.  But sometimes <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> is used to have different prefixes and
<A HREF="cmdline.html#suffixes">suffixes</A> for the same basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to avoid them combining (e.g. Czech uses
this).  If you want Vim to report all duplicate words set the <A HREF="options.html#'verbose'">'verbose'</A>
option.

Since you might want to change a <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list for use with Vim the
following procedure is recommended:

1. Obtain the xx_YY.aff and xx_YY.dic files from <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A>.
2. Make a copy of these files to xx_YY.orig.aff and xx_YY.orig.dic.
3. Change the xx_YY.aff and xx_YY.dic files to remove bad words, add missing
   words, define <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> characters with FOL/LOW/UPP, etc.  The distributed
   &quot;*.diff&quot; files can be used.
4. Start Vim with the right <A HREF="mbyte.html#locale">locale</A> and use |<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>| to generate the Vim
   <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file.
5. Try out the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file with &quot;<A HREF="options.html#:set">:set</A> <A HREF="options.html#'spell'">spell</A> spelllang=xx&quot; if you wrote <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> in
   a <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> directory in <A HREF="options.html#'runtimepath'">'runtimepath'</A>, or &quot;<A HREF="options.html#:set">:set</A> <A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">spelllang</A>=xx.enc.spl&quot; if you
   wrote <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> somewhere else.

When the <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> files are updated you can <A HREF="diff.html#merge">merge</A> the differences:
1. Obtain the new <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> files <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> xx_YY.new.aff and xx_UU.new.dic.
2. Use Vimdiff to see what changed:
<B>	vimdiff xx_YY.orig.dic xx_YY.new.dic</B>
3. Take over the changes you like in xx_YY.dic.
   You may also need to change xx_YY.aff.
4. Rename xx_YY.new.dic to xx_YY.orig.dic and xx_YY.new.aff to xx_YY.new.aff.



SPELL FILE VERSIONS					*<A NAME="E770"></A><B>E770</B>* *<A NAME="E771"></A><B>E771</B>* *<A NAME="E772"></A><B>E772</B>*

Spell checking is a relatively new feature in Vim, thus it's possible that the
.spl file format will be changed to support more languages.  Vim will check
the validity of the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file and report anything wrong.

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	E771: Old spell file, needs to be updated </FONT></B>
This <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file is older than your Vim.  You need to update the .spl file.

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	E772: Spell file is for newer version of Vim </FONT></B>
This means the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file was made for a later version of Vim.  You need to
update Vim.

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	E770: Unsupported section in spell file </FONT></B>
This means the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file was made for a later version of Vim and contains a
section that is required for the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file to work.  In this <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> it's
probably a good idea to upgrade your Vim.


SPELL FILE DUMP

If for some reason you want to check what words are supported by the currently
used spelling files, use this command:


							*<A NAME=":spelldump"></A><B>:spelldump</B>* *<A NAME=":spelld"></A><B>:spelld</B>*
:spelld[ump]		Open a new <A HREF="windows.html#window">window</A> and fill <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> with all currently valid
			words.  Compound words are not included.
			Note: For some languages the result may be enormous,
			causing Vim to run out of memory.

:spelld[ump]!		Like &quot;<A HREF="#:spelldump">:spelldump</A>&quot; and include the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A>.  This is
			the number of times the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> was found while
			updating the screen.  Words that are in COMMON items
			get a starting <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> of 10.

The format of the word list is used |<A HREF="#spell-wordlist-format">spell-wordlist-format</A>|.  You should be
able to read <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> with &quot;<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>&quot; to generate one .spl file that includes all
the words.

When all entries to <A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A> use the same regions or no regions at all then
the region information is included in the dumped words.  Otherwise only words
for the current region are included and no &quot;/regions&quot; line is generated.

Comment lines with the name of the .spl file are used <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a header above the
words that were generated from that .spl file.



SPELL FILE MISSING		*<A NAME="spell-SpellFileMissing"></A><B>spell-SpellFileMissing</B>* *<A NAME="spellfile.vim"></A><B>spellfile.vim</B>*

If the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file for the language you are using is not available, you will
get an error message.  But if the &quot;<A HREF="#spellfile.vim">spellfile.vim</A>&quot; <A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A> is active <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> will
offer you to <A HREF="intro.html#download">download</A> the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file.  Just follow the instructions, <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> will
ask you where to write the file (there must be a writable directory in
<A HREF="options.html#'runtimepath'">'runtimepath'</A> for this).

The <A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A> has a default place where to look for <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> files, on the Vim ftp
server.  If you want to use another location or another protocol, set the
g:spellfile_URL variable to the directory that holds the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> files.  The
|<A HREF="pi_netrw.html#netrw">netrw</A>| <A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A> is used for getting the file, look there for the specific
<A HREF="syntax.html#syntax">syntax</A> of the URL.  Example:
<B>	let g:spellfile_URL = 'http://ftp.vim.org/vim/runtime/spell'</B>
You may need to <A HREF="intro.html#escape">escape</A> special characters.

The <A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A> will only ask about downloading a language once.  If you want to
try again anyway restart Vim, or set g:spellfile_URL to another value (e.g.,
prepend a space).

To avoid using the &quot;<A HREF="#spellfile.vim">spellfile.vim</A>&quot; <A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A> <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> this in your <A HREF="starting.html#vimrc">vimrc</A> file:

<B>	let loaded_spellfile_plugin = 1</B>

Instead of using the <A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A> you can define a |<A HREF="autocmd.html#SpellFileMissing">SpellFileMissing</A>| <A HREF="autocmd.html#autocommand">autocommand</A> to
handle the missing file yourself.  You can use <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> like this:

<B>	:au SpellFileMissing * call Download_spell_file(expand('&lt;amatch&gt;'))</B>

Thus the <A HREF="cmdline.html#&lt;amatch&gt;">&lt;amatch&gt;</A> item contains the name of the language.  Another important
value is <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A>, since every encoding has its own <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file.  With two
exceptions:
- For ISO-8859-15 (latin9) the name &quot;latin1&quot; is used (the encodings only
  differ in characters not used in dictionary words).
- The name &quot;ascii&quot; may also be used for some languages where the words use
  only ASCII letters for most of the words.

The default &quot;<A HREF="#spellfile.vim">spellfile.vim</A>&quot; <A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A> uses this <A HREF="autocmd.html#autocommand">autocommand</A>, if you define your
<A HREF="autocmd.html#autocommand">autocommand</A> afterwards you may want to use &quot;:au! SpellFileMissing&quot; to overrule
<A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>.  If you define your <A HREF="autocmd.html#autocommand">autocommand</A> before the <A HREF="usr_05.html#plugin">plugin</A> is loaded <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> will notice
this and not <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> anything.

							*<A NAME="E797"></A><B>E797</B>*
Note that the <A HREF="autocmd.html#SpellFileMissing">SpellFileMissing</A> <A HREF="autocmd.html#autocommand">autocommand</A> must not change or destroy the
buffer the user was editing.

==============================================================================

4. Spell file format					*<A NAME="spell-file-format"></A><B>spell-file-format</B>*

This is the format of the files that are used by the person who creates and
maintains a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list.

Note that we avoid the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> &quot;dictionary&quot; here.  That is because the goal of
<A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checking differs from <A HREF="editing.html#writing">writing</A> a dictionary (as in the <A HREF="intro.html#book">book</A>).  For
spelling we need a list of words that are OK, thus should not be highlighted.
Person and company names will not appear in a dictionary, but <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> appear in a
<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list.  And some old words are rarely used while they are common
misspellings.  These <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> appear in a dictionary but not in a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list.

There are two formats: A straight list of words and a list using affix
compression.  The files with affix compression are used by <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> (Mozilla
and OpenOffice.org).  This requires two files, one with <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> and one with <A HREF="#.dic">.dic</A>
extension.



FORMAT OF STRAIGHT <A HREF="motion.html#WORD">WORD</A> LIST				*<A NAME="spell-wordlist-format"></A><B>spell-wordlist-format</B>*

The words must appear one per line.  That is all that is required.

Additionally the following items are recognized:

- Empty and blank lines are ignored.

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	# comment </FONT></B>
- Lines starting with a # are ignored (comment lines).

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	/encoding=utf-8 </FONT></B>
- A line starting with &quot;/encoding=&quot;, before any <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>, specifies the encoding
  of the file.  After the second '<A HREF="change.html#=">=</A>' comes an encoding name.  This tells Vim
  to setup conversion from the specified encoding to <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A>.  Thus you can
  use one <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list for several target encodings.

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	/regions=usca </FONT></B>
- A line starting with &quot;/regions=&quot; specifies the region names that are
  supported.  Each region name must be two ASCII letters.  The first one is
  region 1.  Thus &quot;/regions=usca&quot; has region 1 &quot;us&quot; and region 2 &quot;ca&quot;.
  In an addition <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list the region names should be equal to the main <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
  list!

- Other lines starting with '<A HREF="pattern.html#/">/</A>' are reserved for future use.  The ones that
  are not recognized are ignored.  You <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> get a warning message, so that you
  know something won't work.

- A &quot;<A HREF="pattern.html#/">/</A>&quot; may follow the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with the following items:
    =		Case must match exactly.
    ?		Rare <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.
    !		Bad (wrong) <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.
    digit	A region in which the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is valid.  If no regions are
		specified the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is valid in all regions.

Example:

	# This is an example <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list		comment
	/encoding=latin1			encoding of the file
	/regions=uscagb				regions &quot;us&quot;, &quot;ca&quot; and &quot;gb&quot;
	example					<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> for all regions
	blah/12					<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> for regions &quot;us&quot; and &quot;ca&quot;
	vim/!					bad <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
	Campbell/?3				rare <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> in region 3 &quot;gb&quot;
	's mornings/=				keep-case <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>

Note that when &quot;/=&quot; is used the same <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with all upper-case letters is not
accepted.  This is different from a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with mixed <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> that is automatically
marked <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> keep-case, those words may appear in all upper-case letters.



FORMAT WITH .AFF AND .DIC FILES				*<A NAME="aff-dic-format"></A><B>aff-dic-format</B>*

There are two files: the basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list and an affix file.  The affix file
specifies settings for the language and can contain affixes.  The affixes are
used to modify the basic words to get the full <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list.  This significantly
reduces the number of words, especially for a language like Polish.  This is
called affix compression.

The basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list and the affix file are combined with the &quot;<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>&quot;
command and results in a binary <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file.  All the preprocessing has been
done, thus this file loads fast.  The binary <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file format is described in
the source code (src/spell.c).  But only developers need to know about <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>.

The preprocessing also allows us to take the <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> language files and modify
them before the Vim <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list is made.  The tools for this can be found in the
&quot;src/spell&quot; directory.

The format for the affix and <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list files is based on what <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> uses
(the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checker of Mozilla and OpenOffice.org).  A description can be found
here:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/affix.readme </FONT></B>
Note that affixes are <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> sensitive, this isn't obvious from the description.

Vim supports quite a few extras.  They are described below |<A HREF="#spell-affix-vim">spell-affix-vim</A>|.
Attempts have been made to keep this compatible with other <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checkers, so
that the same files can often be used.  One other project that offers more
 than Myspell is Hunspell	<A HREF="http://hunspell.sf.net">http://hunspell.sf.net</A> .



<A HREF="motion.html#WORD">WORD</A> LIST FORMAT				*<A NAME="spell-dic-format"></A><B>spell-dic-format</B>*

A short example, with line numbers:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	1	1234 </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	2	aan </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	3	Als </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	4	Etten-Leur </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	5	et al. </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	6	's-Gravenhage </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	7	's-Gravenhaags </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	8	# word that differs between regions </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	9	kado/1 </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	10	cadeau/2 </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	11	TCP,IP </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	12	/the S affix may add a 's' </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	13	bedel/S </FONT></B>

The first line contains the number of words.  Vim ignores <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>, but you <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> get

an error message if it's not there.  *<A NAME="E760"></A><B>E760</B>*

What follows is one <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> per line.  White space at the end of the line is
ignored, all other white space matters.  The encoding is specified in the
affix file |<A HREF="#spell-SET">spell-SET</A>|.

Comment lines start with '<A HREF="pattern.html##">#</A>' or '<A HREF="pattern.html#/">/</A>'.  See the example lines 8 and 12.  Note
that putting a comment after a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is NOT allowed:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">		someword   # comment that causes an error! </FONT></B>

After the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> there is an optional slash and flags.  Most of these flags are
letters that indicate the affixes that can be used with this <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  These are
specified with SFX and PFX lines in the <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> file, see |<A HREF="#spell-SFX">spell-SFX</A>| and
|<A HREF="#spell-PFX">spell-PFX</A>|.  Vim allows using other flag types with the FLAG item in the
affix file |<A HREF="#spell-FLAG">spell-FLAG</A>|.

When the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> only has lower-case letters <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> will also match with the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
starting with an upper-case <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A>.

When the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> includes an upper-case <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A>, this means the upper-case <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A>
is required at this position.  The same <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with a lower-case <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A> at this
position will not match. When some of the other letters are upper-case <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> will
not match either.

The <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with all upper-case characters will always be OK,

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	word list	matches			does not match </FONT></B>
	als		als Als ALS		ALs AlS aLs aLS
	Als		Als  ALS		als ALs AlS aLs aLS
	ALS		ALS			als Als ALs AlS aLs aLS
	AlS		AlS ALS			als Als ALs aLs aLS

The KEEPCASE affix ID can be used to specifically match a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with identical
<A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> only, see below |<A HREF="#spell-KEEPCASE">spell-KEEPCASE</A>|.

Note: in line 5 to 7 non-word characters are used.  You can include any
character in a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  When checking the text a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> still only matches when <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>
appears with a non-word character before and after <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>.  For <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
starting with a non-word character probably won't work.

In line 12 the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> &quot;TCP/IP&quot; is defined.  Since the slash has a special
meaning the comma is used instead.  This is defined with the SLASH item in the
affix file, see |<A HREF="#spell-SLASH">spell-SLASH</A>|.  Note that without this SLASH item the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
will be &quot;TCP,IP&quot;.



AFFIX FILE FORMAT			*<A NAME="spell-aff-format"></A><B>spell-aff-format</B>* *<A NAME="spell-affix-vim"></A><B>spell-affix-vim</B>*


							*<A NAME="spell-affix-comment"></A><B>spell-affix-comment</B>*
Comment lines in the <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> file start with a '<A HREF="pattern.html##">#</A>':

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	# comment line </FONT></B>

Items with a fixed number of arguments can be followed by a comment.  But only
if none of the arguments can contain white space.  The comment must start with
a &quot;<A HREF="pattern.html##">#</A>&quot; character.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	KEEPCASE =  # fix case for words with this flag </FONT></B>



ENCODING							*<A NAME="spell-SET"></A><B>spell-SET</B>*

The affix file can be in any encoding that is supported by &quot;iconv&quot;.  However,
in some cases the current <A HREF="mbyte.html#locale">locale</A> should also be set properly at the time
|<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>| is invoked.  Adding FOL/LOW/UPP lines removes this requirement
|<A HREF="#spell-FOL">spell-FOL</A>|.

The encoding should be specified before anything where the encoding matters.
The encoding applies both to the affix file and the dictionary file.  It is
done with a SET line:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SET utf-8 </FONT></B>

The encoding can be different from the value of the <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A> option at the
time &quot;<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>&quot; is used.  Vim will then convert everything to <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A> and
generate a <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file for <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A>.  If some of the used characters to not
fit in <A HREF="options.html#'encoding'">'encoding'</A> you will get an error message.

							*<A NAME="spell-affix-mbyte"></A><B>spell-affix-mbyte</B>*
When using a <A HREF="mbyte.html#multi-byte">multi-byte</A> encoding it's possible to use more different affix
flags.  But <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> doesn't support that, thus you may not want to use <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>
anyway.  For compatibility use an 8-bit encoding.


INFORMATION

These entries in the affix file can be used to add information to the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A>
file.  There are no restrictions on the format, but they should be in the
right encoding.


				*<A NAME="spell-NAME"></A><B>spell-NAME</B>* *<A NAME="spell-VERSION"></A><B>spell-VERSION</B>* *<A NAME="spell-HOME"></A><B>spell-HOME</B>*

				*<A NAME="spell-AUTHOR"></A><B>spell-AUTHOR</B>* *<A NAME="spell-EMAIL"></A><B>spell-EMAIL</B>* *<A NAME="spell-COPYRIGHT"></A><B>spell-COPYRIGHT</B>*
	NAME		Name of the language
	VERSION		1.0.1  with fixes
 HOME	<A HREF="http://www.myhome.eu">http://www.myhome.eu</A>
	AUTHOR		John Doe
	EMAIL		john AT Doe DOT net
	COPYRIGHT	LGPL

These fields are put in the .spl file as-is.  The |<A HREF="#:spellinfo">:spellinfo</A>| command can be
used to <A HREF="starting.html#view">view</A> the info.


							*<A NAME=":spellinfo"></A><B>:spellinfo</B>* *<A NAME=":spelli"></A><B>:spelli</B>*
:spelli[nfo]		Display the information for the <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file(s) used for
			the current buffer.


CHARACTER TABLES

							*<A NAME="spell-affix-chars"></A><B>spell-affix-chars</B>*
When using an 8-bit encoding the affix file should define what characters are
<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> characters.  This is because the system where &quot;<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>&quot; is used may not
support a <A HREF="mbyte.html#locale">locale</A> with this encoding and isalpha() won't work.  For example
when using &quot;cp1250&quot; on <A HREF="os_unix.html#Unix">Unix</A>.

						*<A NAME="E761"></A><B>E761</B>* *<A NAME="E762"></A><B>E762</B>* *<A NAME="spell-FOL"></A><B>spell-FOL</B>*

						*<A NAME="spell-LOW"></A><B>spell-LOW</B>* *<A NAME="spell-UPP"></A><B>spell-UPP</B>*
Three lines in the affix file are needed.  Simplistic example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	FOL  &aacute;ëñ </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	LOW  &aacute;ëñ </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	UPP  ÁËÑ </FONT></B>

All three lines must have exactly the same number of characters.

The &quot;FOL&quot; line specifies the case-folded characters.  These are used to
compare words while ignoring <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A>.  For most encodings this is identical to
the lower <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> line.

The &quot;LOW&quot; line specifies the characters in lower-case.  Mostly it's equal to
the &quot;FOL&quot; line.

The &quot;UPP&quot; line specifies the characters with upper-case.  That is, a character
is upper-case where it's different from the character at the same position in
&quot;FOL&quot;.

An exception is made for the German sharp <A HREF="change.html#s">s</A> ß.  The upper-case version is
&quot;SS&quot;.  In the FOL/LOW/UPP lines <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> should be included, so that it's recognized
<A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> character, but use the ß character in all three.

ASCII characters should be omitted, Vim always handles these in the same way.
When the encoding is <A HREF="mbyte.html#UTF-8">UTF-8</A> no <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> characters need to be specified.


							*<A NAME="E763"></A><B>E763</B>*
Vim allows you to use <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checking for several languages in the same file.
You can list them in the <A HREF="options.html#'spelllang'">'spelllang'</A> option.  As a consequence all <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> files
for the same encoding must use the same <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> characters, otherwise they can't
be combined without <A HREF="message.html#errors">errors</A>.

If you get an <A HREF="#E763">E763</A> warning that the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> tables differ you need to update your
&quot;.spl&quot; <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> files.  If you downloaded the files, get the latest version of
all <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> files you use.  Otherwise generate the .spl file again with
|<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>|.  If you still get <A HREF="message.html#errors">errors</A> check the FOL, LOW and UPP lines in the
used <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> files.

The XX.ascii.spl <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> file generated with the &quot;-ascii&quot; argument will not
contain the table with characters, so that <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> can be combine with <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> files
for any encoding.  The .add.spl files also <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> not contain the table.


MID-WORD CHARACTERS

							*<A NAME="spell-midword"></A><B>spell-midword</B>*
Some characters are only to be considered <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> characters if they are used in
between two ordinary <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> characters.  An example is the single <A HREF="change.html#quote:">quote:</A> It is
often used to put text in <A HREF="quotes.html#quotes">quotes</A>, thus <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> can't be recognized <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
character, but when <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> appears in between <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> characters <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> must be part of
the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  This is needed to detect a spelling error such <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> they'are.  That
should be they're, but since &quot;they&quot; and &quot;are&quot; are words themselves that would
go unnoticed.

These characters are defined with MIDWORD in the <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> file.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	MIDWORD	'- </FONT></B>



FLAG TYPES						*<A NAME="spell-FLAG"></A><B>spell-FLAG</B>*

Flags are used to specify the affixes that can be used with a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> and for
other properties of the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  Normally single-character flags are used.  This
<A HREF="vi_diff.html#limits">limits</A> the number of possible flags, especially for 8-bit encodings.  The FLAG
item can be used if more affixes are to be used.  Possible values:

	FLAG long	use two-character flags
	FLAG num	use numbers, from 1 up to 65000
	FLAG caplong	use one-character flags without A-Z and two-character
			flags that start with A-Z

With &quot;FLAG num&quot; the numbers in a list of affixes need to be separated with a
comma: &quot;234,2143,1435&quot;.  This method is inefficient, but useful if the file is
generated with a program.

When using &quot;caplong&quot; the two-character flags all start with a capital: &quot;Aa&quot;,
&quot;B1&quot;, &quot;BB&quot;, etc.  This is useful to use one-character flags for the most
common items and two-character flags for uncommon items.

Note: When using <A HREF="mbyte.html#utf-8">utf-8</A> only characters up to 65000 may be used for flags.

Note: even when using &quot;num&quot; or &quot;long&quot; the number of flags available to
compounding and prefixes is limited to about 250.


AFFIXES

					    *<A NAME="spell-PFX"></A><B>spell-PFX</B>* *<A NAME="spell-SFX"></A><B>spell-SFX</B>*
The usual PFX (prefix) and SFX (suffix) lines are supported (see the <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A>
documentation or the Aspell manual:
	<A HREF="http://aspell.net/man-html/Affix-Compression.html">http://aspell.net/man-html/Affix-Compression.html</A>.

Summary:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX L Y 2 </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX L 0 re [^x] </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX L 0 ro x </FONT></B>

The first line is a header and has four fields:
	SFX {flag} {combine} {count}

{flag}		The name used for the suffix.  Mostly it's a single <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A>,
		but other characters can be used, see |<A HREF="#spell-FLAG">spell-FLAG</A>|.

{combine}	Can be '<A HREF="change.html#Y">Y</A>' or '<A HREF="pattern.html#N">N</A>'.  When '<A HREF="change.html#Y">Y</A>' then the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> plus suffix can
		also have a prefix.  When '<A HREF="pattern.html#N">N</A>' then a prefix is not allowed.

{count}		The number of lines following.  If this is wrong you will get
		an error message.

For PFX the fields are exactly the same.

The basic format for the following lines is:
	SFX {flag} {strip} {add} {condition} {extra}

{flag}		Must be the same <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> the {flag} used in the first line.

{strip}		Characters removed from the basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  There is no check if
		the characters are actually there, only the length is used (in
		bytes).  This better match the {condition}, otherwise strange
		things may happen.  If the {strip} length is equal to or
		longer than the basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> the suffix won't be used.
		When {strip} is 0 (zero) then nothing is stripped.

{add}		Characters added to the basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>, after removing {strip}.
		Optionally there is a '<A HREF="pattern.html#/">/</A>' followed by flags.  The flags apply
		to the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> plus affix.  See |<A HREF="#spell-affix-flags">spell-affix-flags</A>|

{condition}	A simplistic <A HREF="pattern.html#pattern">pattern</A>.  Only when this matches with a basic
		<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> will the suffix be used for that <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  This is normally
		for using one suffix <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A> with different {add} and {strip}
		fields for words with different endings.
		When {condition} is a . (dot) there is no condition.
		The <A HREF="pattern.html#pattern">pattern</A> may contain:
		- Literal characters.
		- A set of characters in <A HREF="motion.html#[]">[]</A>. [abc] matches a, <A HREF="motion.html#b">b</A> and <A HREF="change.html#c">c</A>.
		  A dash is allowed for a range [a-c], but this is
		  Vim-specific.
		- A set of characters that starts with a ^, meaning the
		  complement of the specified characters. [^abc] matches any
		  character but a, <A HREF="motion.html#b">b</A> and <A HREF="change.html#c">c</A>.

{extra}		Optional extra text:
		    # comment		Comment is ignored
		    -			Hunspell uses this, ignored

For PFX the fields are the same, but the {strip}, {add} and {condition} apply
to the start of the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.

Note: <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> ignores any extra text after the relevant info.  Vim requires
this text to start with a &quot;<A HREF="pattern.html##">#</A>&quot; so that mistakes don't go unnoticed.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX F 0 in   [^i]n      # Spion &gt; Spionin  </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX F 0 nen  in		# Bauerin &gt; Bauerinnen </FONT></B>

Apparently <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> allows an affix name to appear more than once.  Since this
might also be a mistake, Vim checks for an extra &quot;<A HREF="change.html#S">S</A>&quot;.  The affix files for
<A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> that use this feature apparently have this flag.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX a Y 1 S </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX a 0 an . </FONT></B>

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX a Y 2 S </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX a 0 en . </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX a 0 on . </FONT></B>



AFFIX FLAGS						*<A NAME="spell-affix-flags"></A><B>spell-affix-flags</B>*

This is a feature that comes from Hunspell: The affix may specify flags.  This
works similar to flags specified on a basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  The flags apply to the
basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> plus the affix (but there are restrictions).  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX S Y 1 </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX S 0 s . </FONT></B>

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX A Y 1 </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SFX A 0 able/S . </FONT></B>

When the dictionary file contains &quot;drink/AS&quot; then these words are possible:

	drink
	drinks		uses <A HREF="change.html#S">S</A> suffix
	drinkable	uses A suffix
	drinkables	uses A suffix and then <A HREF="change.html#S">S</A> suffix

Generally the flags of the suffix are added to the flags of the basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>,
both are used for the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> plus suffix.  But the flags of the basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> are
only used once for affixes, except that both one prefix and one suffix can be
used when both support combining.

Specifically, the affix flags can be used for:
- Suffixes on <A HREF="cmdline.html#suffixes">suffixes</A>, <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> in the example above.  This works once, thus you
  can have two <A HREF="cmdline.html#suffixes">suffixes</A> on a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> (plus one prefix).
- Making the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with the affix rare, by using the |<A HREF="#spell-RARE">spell-RARE</A>| flag.
- Exclude the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with the affix from compounding, by using the
  |<A HREF="#spell-COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG">spell-COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG</A>| flag.
- Allow the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with the affix to be part of a compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> on the side of
  the affix with the |<A HREF="#spell-COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG">spell-COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG</A>|.
- Use the NEEDCOMPOUND flag: <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> plus affix can only be used <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> part of a
  compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>. |<A HREF="#spell-NEEDCOMPOUND">spell-NEEDCOMPOUND</A>|
- Compound flags: <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> plus affix can be part of a compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> at the end,
  middle, start, etc.  The flags are combined with the flags of the basic
  <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  |<A HREF="#spell-compound">spell-compound</A>|
- NEEDAFFIX: another affix is needed to make a valid <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.
- CIRCUMFIX, <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> explained just below.



CIRCUMFIX						*<A NAME="spell-CIRCUMFIX"></A><B>spell-CIRCUMFIX</B>*

The CIRCUMFIX flag means a prefix and suffix must be added at the same time.
If a prefix has the CIRCUMFIX flag than only <A HREF="cmdline.html#suffixes">suffixes</A> with the CIRCUMFIX flag
can be added, and the other way around.
An alternative is to only specify the suffix, and give the that suffix two
flags: The required prefix and the NEEDAFFIX flag.  |<A HREF="#spell-NEEDAFFIX">spell-NEEDAFFIX</A>|



PFXPOSTPONE						*<A NAME="spell-PFXPOSTPONE"></A><B>spell-PFXPOSTPONE</B>*

When an affix file has very many prefixes that apply to many words it's not
possible to build the whole <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> list in memory.  This applies to Hebrew (a
list with all words is over a Gbyte).  In that <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> applying prefixes must be
postponed.  This makes <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checking slower.  It is indicated by this keyword
in the <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> file:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	PFXPOSTPONE </FONT></B>

Only prefixes without a chop string and without flags can be postponed.
Prefixes with a chop string or with flags will still be included in the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
list.  An exception if the chop string is one character and equal to the last
character of the added string, but in lower <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A>.  Thus when the chop string
is used to allow the following <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to start with an upper <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A>.



WORDS WITH A SLASH					*<A NAME="spell-SLASH"></A><B>spell-SLASH</B>*

The slash is used in the <A HREF="#.dic">.dic</A> file to separate the basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> from the affix
letters and other flags.  Unfortunately, this means you cannot use a slash in
a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  Thus &quot;TCP/IP&quot; is not a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> but &quot;TCP&quot; with the flags &quot;IP&quot;.  To include
a slash in the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> put a <A HREF="intro.html#backslash">backslash</A> before <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>: &quot;TCP\/IP&quot;.  In the rare <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A>
you want to use a <A HREF="intro.html#backslash">backslash</A> inside a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> you need to use two backslashes.
Any other use of the <A HREF="intro.html#backslash">backslash</A> is reserved for future expansion.



KEEP-CASE WORDS						*<A NAME="spell-KEEPCASE"></A><B>spell-KEEPCASE</B>*

In the affix file a KEEPCASE line can be used to define the affix name used
for keep-case words.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	KEEPCASE = </FONT></B>

This flag is not supported by <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A>.  It has the meaning that <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> matters.
This can be used if the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> does not have the first <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A> in upper <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> at
the start of a <A HREF="motion.html#sentence">sentence</A>.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">    word list	    matches		    does not match </FONT></B>
    's morgens/=    's morgens		    'S morgens 's Morgens 'S MORGENS
    's Morgens	    's Morgens 'S MORGENS   'S morgens 's morgens

The flag can also be used to avoid that the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> matches when <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> is in all
upper-case letters.



RARE WORDS						*<A NAME="spell-RARE"></A><B>spell-RARE</B>*

In the affix file a RARE line can be used to define the affix name used for
rare words.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	RARE ? </FONT></B>

Rare words are highlighted differently from bad words.  This is to be used for
words that are correct for the language, but are hardly ever used and could be
a typing mistake anyway.  When the same <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is found <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> good <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> won't be
highlighted <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> rare.

This flag can also be used on an affix, so that a basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is not rare but
the basic <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> plus affix is rare |<A HREF="#spell-affix-flags">spell-affix-flags</A>|.  However, if the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
also appears <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a good <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> in another way (e.g., in another region) <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> won't
be marked <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> rare.



BAD WORDS						*<A NAME="spell-BAD"></A><B>spell-BAD</B>*

In the affix file a BAD line can be used to define the affix name used for
bad words.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	BAD ! </FONT></B>

This can be used to exclude words that would otherwise be good.  For example
&quot;the the&quot; in the <A HREF="#.dic">.dic</A> file:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	the the/! </FONT></B>

Once a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> has been marked <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> bad <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> won't be undone by encountering the same
<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> good.

The flag also applies to the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with affixes, thus this can be used to <A HREF="motion.html#mark">mark</A>
a whole bunch of related words <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> bad.


							*<A NAME="spell-FORBIDDENWORD"></A><B>spell-FORBIDDENWORD</B>*
FORBIDDENWORD can be used just like BAD.  For compatibility with Hunspell.


							*<A NAME="spell-NEEDAFFIX"></A><B>spell-NEEDAFFIX</B>*
The NEEDAFFIX flag is used to require that a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is used with an affix.  The
<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> itself is not a good <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> (unless there is an empty affix).  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	NEEDAFFIX + </FONT></B>



COMPOUND WORDS						*<A NAME="spell-compound"></A><B>spell-compound</B>*

A compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is a longer <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> made by concatenating words that appear in
the <A HREF="#.dic">.dic</A> file.  To specify which words may be concatenated a character is
used.  This character is put in the list of affixes after the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  We will
call this character a flag here.  Obviously these flags must be different from
any affix IDs used.


							*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDFLAG"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDFLAG</B>*
The <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> compatible method uses one flag, specified with COMPOUNDFLAG.  All
words with this flag combine in any order.  This means there is no <A HREF="intro.html#control">control</A>
over which <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> comes first.  Example:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	COMPOUNDFLAG c </FONT></B>


							*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDRULE"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDRULE</B>*
A more advanced method to specify how compound words can be formed uses
multiple items with multiple flags.  This is not compatible with <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A> 3.0.
Let's start with an example:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	COMPOUNDRULE c+ </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	COMPOUNDRULE se </FONT></B>

The first line defines that words with the &quot;<A HREF="change.html#c">c</A>&quot; flag can be concatenated in any
order.  The second line defines compound words that are made of one <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with
the &quot;<A HREF="change.html#s">s</A>&quot; flag and one <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with the &quot;<A HREF="motion.html#e">e</A>&quot; flag.  With this dictionary:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	bork/c </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	onion/s </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	soup/e </FONT></B>

You can make these words:
	bork
	borkbork
	borkborkbork
	(etc.)
	onion
	soup
	onionsoup

The COMPOUNDRULE item may appear multiple times.  The argument is made out of
one or more groups, where each group can be:
	one flag			e.g., <A HREF="change.html#c">c</A>
	alternate flags inside <A HREF="motion.html#[]">[]</A>	e.g., [abc]
Optionally this may be followed by:
	&#42;	the group appears zero or more times, e.g., sm*e
	+	the group appears one or more times, e.g., c+
	?	the group appears zero times or once, e.g., <A HREF="change.html#x">x</A>?

This is similar to the <A HREF="pattern.html#regexp">regexp</A> <A HREF="pattern.html#pattern">pattern</A> <A HREF="syntax.html#syntax">syntax</A> (but not the same!).  A few
examples with the sequence of <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> flags they require:
    COMPOUNDRULE x+	    <A HREF="change.html#x">x</A> xx xxx etc.
    COMPOUNDRULE yz	    yz
    COMPOUNDRULE x+z	    xz xxz xxxz etc.
    COMPOUNDRULE yx+	    yx yxx yxxx etc.
    COMPOUNDRULE xy?z	    xz xyz

    COMPOUNDRULE [abc]z    az bz cz
    COMPOUNDRULE [abc]+z   az aaz abaz bz baz bcbz cz caz cbaz etc.
    COMPOUNDRULE a[xyz]+   ax axx axyz ay ayx ayzz az azy azxy etc.
    COMPOUNDRULE sm*e	    se sme smme smmme etc.
    COMPOUNDRULE s[xyz]*e  se sxe sxye sxyxe sye syze sze szye szyxe  etc.

A specific example: Allow a compound to be made of two words and a dash:
	In the <A HREF="#.aff">.aff</A> file:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	    COMPOUNDRULE sde </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	    NEEDAFFIX x </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	    COMPOUNDWORDMAX 3 </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	    COMPOUNDMIN 1 </FONT></B>
	In the <A HREF="#.dic">.dic</A> file:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	    start/s </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	    end/e </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	    -/xd </FONT></B>

This allows for the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> &quot;start-end&quot;, but not &quot;startend&quot;.

An additional implied rule is that, without further flags, a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with a
prefix cannot be compounded after another <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>, and a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> with a suffix
cannot be compounded with a following <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  Thus the affix cannot appear
on the inside of a compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  This can be changed with the
|<A HREF="#spell-COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG">spell-COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG</A>|.


							*<A NAME="spell-NEEDCOMPOUND"></A><B>spell-NEEDCOMPOUND</B>*
The NEEDCOMPOUND flag is used to require that a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is used <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> part of a
compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  The <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> itself is not a good <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	NEEDCOMPOUND &amp; </FONT></B>


							*<A NAME="spell-ONLYINCOMPOUND"></A><B>spell-ONLYINCOMPOUND</B>*
The ONLYINCOMPOUND does exactly the same <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> NEEDCOMPOUND.  Supported for
compatibility with Hunspell.


							*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDMIN"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDMIN</B>*
The minimal character length of a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> used for compounding is specified with
COMPOUNDMIN.  Example:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	COMPOUNDMIN 5 </FONT></B>

When omitted there is no minimal length.  Obviously you could just leave out
the compound flag from short words instead, this feature is present for
compatibility with <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A>.


							*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDWORDMAX"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDWORDMAX</B>*
The maximum number of words that can be concatenated into a compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is
specified with COMPOUNDWORDMAX.  Example:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	COMPOUNDWORDMAX 3 </FONT></B>

When omitted there is no maximum.  It applies to all compound words.

To set a limit for words with specific flags make sure the items in
COMPOUNDRULE where they appear don't allow too many words.


							*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDSYLMAX"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDSYLMAX</B>*
The maximum number of syllables that a compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> may contain is specified
with COMPOUNDSYLMAX.  Example:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	COMPOUNDSYLMAX 6 </FONT></B>

This has no effect if there is no SYLLABLE item.  Without COMPOUNDSYLMAX there
is no limit on the number of syllables.

If both COMPOUNDWORDMAX and COMPOUNDSYLMAX are defined, a compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> is
accepted if <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> fits one of the criteria, thus is either made from up to
COMPOUNDWORDMAX words or contains up to COMPOUNDSYLMAX syllables.


						    *<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG</B>*
The COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG specifies a flag that can be used on an affix.  It
means that the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> plus affix cannot be used in a compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  Example:
	affix file:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">		COMPOUNDFLAG c </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">		COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG x </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">		SFX a Y 2 </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">		SFX a 0 s   . </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">		SFX a 0 ize/x . </FONT></B>
	dictionary:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">		word/c </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">		util/ac </FONT></B>

This allows for &quot;wordutil&quot; and &quot;wordutils&quot; but not &quot;wordutilize&quot;.
Note: this doesn't work for postponed prefixes yet.


						    *<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG</B>*
The COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG specifies a flag that can be used on an affix.  It
means that the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> plus affix can also be used in a compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> in a way
where the affix ends up halfway the <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  Without this flag that is not
allowed.
Note: this doesn't work for postponed prefixes yet.


						    *<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDROOT"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDROOT</B>*
The COMPOUNDROOT flag is used for words in the dictionary that are already a
compound.  This means <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> counts for two words when checking the compounding
rules.  Can also be used for an affix to <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> the affix <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> a compounding
<A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.


						*<A NAME="spell-CHECKCOMPOUNDPATTERN"></A><B>spell-CHECKCOMPOUNDPATTERN</B>*
CHECKCOMPOUNDPATTERN is used to define patterns that, when matching at the
position where two words are compounded together forbids the compound.
For example:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	CHECKCOMPOUNDPATTERN o e </FONT></B>

This forbids compounding if the first <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> ends in &quot;<A HREF="insert.html#o">o</A>&quot; and the second <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>
starts with &quot;<A HREF="motion.html#e">e</A>&quot;.

The arguments must be plain text, no patterns are actually supported, despite
the item name.  Case is always ignored.

The Hunspell feature to use three arguments and flags is not supported.


							*<A NAME="spell-SYLLABLE"></A><B>spell-SYLLABLE</B>*
The SYLLABLE item defines characters or character sequences that are used to
<A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> the number of syllables in a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A>.  Example:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SYLLABLE a&aacute;eéiíoóöõuúüûy/aa/au/ea/ee/ei/ie/oa/oe/oo/ou/uu/ui </FONT></B>

Before the first slash is the set of characters that are counted for one
syllable, also when repeated and mixed, until the next character that is not
in this set.  After the slash come sequences of characters that are counted
for one syllable.  These are preferred over using characters from the set.
With the example &quot;ideeen&quot; has three syllables, counted by &quot;<A HREF="insert.html#i">i</A>&quot;, &quot;ee&quot; and &quot;<A HREF="motion.html#e">e</A>&quot;.

Only case-folded letters need to be included.

Another way to restrict compounding was mentioned above: Adding the
|<A HREF="#spell-COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG">spell-COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG</A>| flag to an affix causes all words that are made
with that affix to not be used for compounding.



UNLIMITED COMPOUNDING					*<A NAME="spell-NOBREAK"></A><B>spell-NOBREAK</B>*

For some languages, such <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> Thai, there is no space in between words.  This
looks like all words are compounded.  To specify this use the NOBREAK item in
the affix file, without arguments:
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	NOBREAK </FONT></B>

Vim will try to figure out where one <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> ends and a next starts.  When there
are spelling mistakes this may not be quite right.



							*<A NAME="spell-COMMON"></A><B>spell-COMMON</B>*
Common words can be specified with the COMMON item.  This will give better
suggestions when editing a short file.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	COMMON  the of to and a in is it you that he was for on are </FONT></B>

The words must be separated by white space, up to 25 per line.
When multiple regions are specified in a &quot;<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>&quot; command the common words
for all regions are combined and used for all regions.


							*<A NAME="spell-NOSPLITSUGS"></A><B>spell-NOSPLITSUGS</B>*
This item indicates that splitting a <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> to make suggestions is not a good
idea.  Split-word suggestions will appear only when there are few similar
words.

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	NOSPLITSUGS </FONT></B>


							*<A NAME="spell-NOSUGGEST"></A><B>spell-NOSUGGEST</B>*
The flag specified with NOSUGGEST can be used for words that will not be
suggested.  Can be used for obscene words.

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	NOSUGGEST % </FONT></B>



REPLACEMENTS						*<A NAME="spell-REP"></A><B>spell-REP</B>*

In the affix file REP items can be used to define common mistakes.  This is
used to make spelling suggestions.  The items define the &quot;from&quot; text and the
&quot;to&quot; replacement.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	REP 4 </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	REP f ph </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	REP ph f </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	REP k ch </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	REP ch k </FONT></B>

The first line specifies the number of REP lines following.  Vim ignores the
number, but <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> must be there (for compatibility with <A HREF="#Myspell">Myspell</A>).

Don't include simple one-character replacements or swaps.  Vim will try these
anyway.  You can include whole words if you want to, but you might want to use
the &quot;file:&quot; item in <A HREF="options.html#'spellsuggest'">'spellsuggest'</A> instead.

You can include a space by using an underscore:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	REP the_the the </FONT></B>



SIMILAR CHARACTERS					*<A NAME="spell-MAP"></A><B>spell-MAP</B>* *<A NAME="E783"></A><B>E783</B>*

In the affix file MAP items can be used to define letters that are very much
alike.  This is mostly used for a <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A> with different accents.  This is used
to prefer suggestions with these letters substituted.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	MAP 2 </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	MAP eéëêè </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	MAP uüùúû </FONT></B>

The first line specifies the number of MAP lines following.  Vim ignores the
number, but the line must be there.

Each <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A> must appear in only one of the MAP items.  It's a bit more
efficient if the first <A HREF="print.html#letter">letter</A> is ASCII or at least one without accents.



.SUG FILE						*<A NAME="spell-NOSUGFILE"></A><B>spell-NOSUGFILE</B>*

When soundfolding is specified in the affix file then &quot;<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>&quot; will normally
produce a .sug file next to the .spl file.  This file is used to find
suggestions by their sound-a-like form quickly.  At the cost of a lot of
memory (the amount depends on the number of words, |<A HREF="#:mkspell">:mkspell</A>| will display an
estimate when it's done).

To avoid producing a .sug file use this item in the affix file:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	NOSUGFILE </FONT></B>

Users can simply omit the .sug file if they don't want to use <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>.



SOUND-A-LIKE						*<A NAME="spell-SAL"></A><B>spell-SAL</B>*

In the affix file SAL items can be used to define the sounds-a-like mechanism
to be used.  The main items define the &quot;from&quot; text and the &quot;to&quot; replacement.
Simplistic example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SAL CIA			 X </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SAL CH			 X </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SAL C			 K </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SAL K			 K </FONT></B>

There are a few rules and this can become quite complicated.  An explanation
how <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> works can be found in the Aspell manual:
	<A HREF="http://aspell.net/man-html/Phonetic-Code.html">http://aspell.net/man-html/Phonetic-Code.html</A>.

There are a few special items:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SAL followup		true </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SAL collapse_result	true </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">	SAL remove_accents	true </FONT></B>

&quot;1&quot; has the same meaning <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> &quot;true&quot;.  Any other value means &quot;false&quot;.



SIMPLE SOUNDFOLDING				*<A NAME="spell-SOFOFROM"></A><B>spell-SOFOFROM</B>* *<A NAME="spell-SOFOTO"></A><B>spell-SOFOTO</B>*

The SAL mechanism is complex and slow.  A simpler mechanism is <A HREF="map.html#mapping">mapping</A> all
characters to another character, <A HREF="map.html#mapping">mapping</A> similar sounding characters to the
same character.  At the same time this does <A HREF="change.html#case">case</A> <A HREF="fold.html#folding">folding</A>.  You can not have
both SAL items and simple soundfolding.

There are two items required: one to specify the characters that are mapped
and one that specifies the characters they are mapped to.  They must have
exactly the same number of characters.  Example:

<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">    SOFOFROM abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ </FONT></B>
<B><FONT COLOR="PURPLE">    SOFOTO   ebctefghejklnnepkrstevvkesebctefghejklnnepkrstevvkes </FONT></B>

In the example all vowels are mapped to the same character '<A HREF="motion.html#e">e</A>'.  Another
method would be to leave out all vowels.  Some characters that sound nearly
the same and are often mixed up, such <A HREF="motion.html#as">as</A> '<A HREF="motion.html#m">m</A>' and '<A HREF="pattern.html#n">n</A>', are mapped to the same
character.  Don't <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> this too much, all words will start looking alike.

Characters that <A HREF="diff.html#do">do</A> not appear in SOFOFROM will be left out, except that all
white space is replaced by one space.  Sequences of the same character in
SOFOFROM are replaced by one.

You can use the |<A HREF="eval.html#soundfold()">soundfold()</A>| function to try out the results.  Or set the
<A HREF="options.html#'verbose'">'verbose'</A> option to see the score in the output of the |<A HREF="#z=">z=</A>| command.



UNSUPPORTED ITEMS				*<A NAME="spell-affix-not-supported"></A><B>spell-affix-not-supported</B>*

These items appear in the affix file of other <A HREF="#spell">spell</A> checkers.  In Vim they are
ignored, not supported or defined in another way.


ACCENT		(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-ACCENT"></A><B>spell-ACCENT</B>*
		Use MAP instead. |<A HREF="#spell-MAP">spell-MAP</A>|


BREAK		(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-BREAK"></A><B>spell-BREAK</B>*
		Define break points.  Unclear how <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> works exactly.
		Not supported.


CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE  (Hunspell)			*<A NAME="spell-CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE"></A><B>spell-CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE</B>*
		Disallow <A HREF="change.html#uppercase">uppercase</A> letters at compound <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> boundaries.
		Not supported.


CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP  (Hunspell)			*<A NAME="spell-CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP"></A><B>spell-CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP</B>*
		Disallow using the same <A HREF="motion.html#word">word</A> <A HREF="if_cscop.html#twice">twice</A> in a compound.  Not
		supported.


CHECKCOMPOUNDREP  (Hunspell)			*<A NAME="spell-CHECKCOMPOUNDREP"></A><B>spell-CHECKCOMPOUNDREP</B>*
		Something about using REP items and compound words.  Not
		supported.


CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE  (Hunspell)			*<A NAME="spell-CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE"></A><B>spell-CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE</B>*
		Forbid three identical characters when compounding.  Not
		supported.


COMPLEXPREFIXES  (Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-COMPLEXPREFIXES"></A><B>spell-COMPLEXPREFIXES</B>*
		Enables using two prefixes.  Not supported.


COMPOUND	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUND"></A><B>spell-COMPOUND</B>*
		This is one line with the <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> of COMPOUND items, followed by
		that many COMPOUND lines with a <A HREF="pattern.html#pattern">pattern</A>.
		Remove the first line with the <A HREF="intro.html#count">count</A> and rename the other
		items to COMPOUNDRULE |<A HREF="#spell-COMPOUNDRULE">spell-COMPOUNDRULE</A>|


COMPOUNDFIRST	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDFIRST"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDFIRST</B>*
		Use COMPOUNDRULE instead. |<A HREF="#spell-COMPOUNDRULE">spell-COMPOUNDRULE</A>|


COMPOUNDBEGIN	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDBEGIN"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDBEGIN</B>*
		Use COMPOUNDRULE instead. |<A HREF="#spell-COMPOUNDRULE">spell-COMPOUNDRULE</A>|


COMPOUNDEND	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDEND"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDEND</B>*
		Use COMPOUNDRULE instead. |<A HREF="#spell-COMPOUNDRULE">spell-COMPOUNDRULE</A>|


COMPOUNDMIDDLE	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDMIDDLE"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDMIDDLE</B>*
		Use COMPOUNDRULE instead. |<A HREF="#spell-COMPOUNDRULE">spell-COMPOUNDRULE</A>|


COMPOUNDRULES	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDRULES"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDRULES</B>*
		<A HREF="eval.html#Number">Number</A> of COMPOUNDRULE lines following.  Ignored, but the
		argument must be a number.


COMPOUNDSYLLABLE  (Hunspell)			*<A NAME="spell-COMPOUNDSYLLABLE"></A><B>spell-COMPOUNDSYLLABLE</B>*
		Use SYLLABLE and COMPOUNDSYLMAX instead. |<A HREF="#spell-SYLLABLE">spell-SYLLABLE</A>|
		|<A HREF="#spell-COMPOUNDSYLMAX">spell-COMPOUNDSYLMAX</A>|


KEY		(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-KEY"></A><B>spell-KEY</B>*
		Define characters that are close together on the keyboard.
		Used to give better suggestions.  Not supported.
		

LANG		(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-LANG"></A><B>spell-LANG</B>*
		This specifies language-specific behavior.  This actually
		moves part of the language knowledge into the program,
		therefore Vim does not support <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>.  Each language property
		must be specified separately.


LEMMA_PRESENT	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-LEMMA_PRESENT"></A><B>spell-LEMMA_PRESENT</B>*
		Only needed for morphological analysis.


MAXNGRAMSUGS	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-MAXNGRAMSUGS"></A><B>spell-MAXNGRAMSUGS</B>*
		Set number of n-gram suggestions.  Not supported.


PSEUDOROOT	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-PSEUDOROOT"></A><B>spell-PSEUDOROOT</B>*
		Use NEEDAFFIX instead. |<A HREF="#spell-NEEDAFFIX">spell-NEEDAFFIX</A>|


SUGSWITHDOTS	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-SUGSWITHDOTS"></A><B>spell-SUGSWITHDOTS</B>*
		Adds dots to suggestions.  Vim doesn't need this.


SYLLABLENUM	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-SYLLABLENUM"></A><B>spell-SYLLABLENUM</B>*
		Not supported.


TRY		(Myspell, Hunspell, others)		*<A NAME="spell-TRY"></A><B>spell-TRY</B>*
		Vim does not use the TRY item, <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A> is ignored.  For making
		suggestions the actual characters in the words are used, that
		is much more efficient.


WORDCHARS	(Hunspell)				*<A NAME="spell-WORDCHARS"></A><B>spell-WORDCHARS</B>*
		Used to recognize words.  Vim doesn't need <A HREF="motion.html#it">it</A>, because there
		is no need to separate words before checking them (using a
		trie instead of a hashtable).

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