I've turned on spellcheck with :set spell spelllang=en_us. Now there's a bunch of words highlighted in red, and I just want to correct them all to their closest matches.
How can I correct all misspelled words in the entire file?
Here's something I didn't know until a little while ago: Macros can be recursive! That is, you can call a macro from within the same macro.
So, here's the command:
ggqq]s1z=@qq@q
That is,
gg Move to the beginning of the file
qq Start recording the "q" macro
]s Find the next misspelled word
1z= Correct its spelling
@q Call the "q" macro (we're still recording!)
q Finish recording
@q Call the macro for the first time
Since there's a @q at the end of the macro, it repeatedly calls itself until it reaches EOF. Therefore, it'll correct all the misspelled words in the entire document.
Make sure the q macro is empty before running this, though (if not, you can clear it with qqq).
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Is there also a way to easily see which words Vim corrected? I ran this on a file, and it generated a lot of gobbledygook ... – Martin Tournoij Feb 6 '15 at 0:18
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How terrifying. So this calls the macro while it is still recording that same macro? – Lyndon White Feb 6 '15 at 4:28
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@Carpetsmoker You could save the file as a new file, and run a
diffon them. But this isn't going to produce anywhere near reasonable results for source code and the like, of course. – Doorknob Feb 6 '15 at 12:46 -
@Oxinabox Yes, and as long as the macro is empty before this, the finished macro will repeatedly call itself until reaching EOF. – Doorknob Feb 6 '15 at 12:47
