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At the moment I'm writing a document where I need to use a lot of acronyms, technical language, and non German words.

Now I was wondering if I could create a spelling file (tech_speak) which checks for this technical language so I can use the following vim command

:set spelllang=de,tech_speak spell

How could this be done?

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The 'spellfile' option is what you're looking for:

:set spellfile=~/.vim/spell/techspeak.utf-8.add

Note: Avoid special characters like _; as it separates the region name in Vim.

You can then add your custom words to it with zg. You don't even need to add anything to 'spelllang'; those additions will be considered automatically.

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  • Yeah this looks good but, when I use zg vim throws "E751: Output file name must not have region name" at me. – Raphael Ahrens Aug 5 '13 at 10:01
  • Ah I needed to remove the _ so :set spellfile=~/.vim/spell/techspeak.utf-8.add works. Thanks! – Raphael Ahrens Aug 5 '13 at 10:03
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    You're right; it's best to avoid such characters; I've edited my answer. – Ingo Karkat Aug 5 '13 at 10:22
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:help spell-mkspell

is what you are looking for.

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    Please correct me if I'm wrong. But as far as I had read this I need an existing dictionary file. But I want to make a new language file which I can combine with my language. – Raphael Ahrens Aug 5 '13 at 9:59
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    A dictionary file can be a simple word list. – n. 'pronouns' m. Aug 5 '13 at 10:16
  • @n.m. So like a csv? Just words separated by commas? – Zelphir Kaltstahl Oct 30 '16 at 15:08
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    @Zelphir by newlines IIRC – n. 'pronouns' m. Oct 30 '16 at 15:14

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