vim-litecorrect

Lightweight auto-correction for Vim

We type teh when we meant to type the. This plugin is to help us catch the most common of these typos and correct each upon hitting the space bar (or non-keyword character.)

Features of this plugin:

• Focused on the most common of typos that we make
• Uses Vim’s iabbrev
• Buffer-scoped behavior
• User-extensible

Note that this plugin is not a replacement for teh spell checker in Vim.

The default typos and their corrections are stored in a global dictionary:

let g:litecorrect#defaults =
      \{'I'    : ['i'],
      \ 'The'  : ['TEh', 'Teh'],
      \ 'that' : ['htat'],
      \ 'the'  : ['hte', 'teh'],
      \ 'this' : ['htis'],
      \ 'then' : ['tehn'],
      \ 'what' : ['waht'],
      \}

Note that the corrections are stored as key-value entries where the value is a list of the common misspellings for the key.

Requirements

May require a recent version of Vim.

Installation

Install using Pathogen, Vundle, Neobundle, or your favorite Vim package manager.

Configuration

Because you may not want auto-corrections in all file types you edit, you can configure this plugin per file type. For example, to enable litecorrect support in markdown and textile files, place in your .vimrc:

" standard vim command to enable loading the plugin files 
" (and their indent support) for specific file types.
" It may already be in your .vimrc!
filetype plugin indent on

augroup litecorrect
  autocmd!
  autocmd FileType markdown call litecorrect#init()
  autocmd FileType textile call litecorrect#init()
augroup END

Alternatively, you can build on the defaults by providing your own corrections:

let user_dict = {
  \ 'maybe': ['mabye'],
  \ 'medieval': ['medival', 'mediaeval', 'medevil'],
  \ 'then': ['hten'],
  \ }
augroup litecorrect
  autocmd!
  autocmd FileType markdown call litecorrect#init(user_dict)
  autocmd FileType textile call litecorrect#init(user_dict)
augroup END

The corrections you provide will be in addition to those in those in g:litecorrect#defaults. Where there’s a conflict, your correction will prevail.

Criteria to add to defaults

Suggestions for adding to the defaults are welcome, but good evidence is needed that they are common typos.

Related

For a more comprehensive approach, check out vim-autocorrect.

See also

If you find this plugin useful, you may want to check out these others by the same author:

• vim-colors-pencil — color scheme for Vim inspired by IA Writer
• vim-lexical - building on Vim’s spell-check and thesaurus/dictionary completion
• vim-pencil - rethinking Vim as a tool for writers
• vim-quotable - Extends Vim to support typographic (‘curly’) quotes
• vim-thematic — modify Vim’s appearance to suit your task and environment
• vim-wordy - uncovering usage problems in writing

Future development

If you’ve spotted a problem or have an idea on improving this plugin, please post it to the github project issue page.