Vim Tips and Tricks

Vim Editor: How to Correct Spelling Mistakes Automatically

by Ramesh Natarajan on March 12, 2009

Vim Automatic Typo Correction
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This article is written by SathiyaMoorthy.

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. I tend to make simple spelling mistakes while writing, as English is not my first language. Wouldn’t be nice if Vim editor can do the spelling correction automatically as you make a typo?

Note: I wish someone from Nayv Navy football team read this article. Oh well, that would’ve still not fixed their problem.

In this article, let us review how to correct spelling mistakes automatically inside Vim editor.

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Make Vim as Your Bash-IDE Using bash-support Plugin

by Ramesh Natarajan on February 19, 2009

Vim Bash IDE PluginThis post is written by SathiyaMoorthy.

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. As a Linux sysadmin or programmer, you may do following repetitive tasks while coding bash shell script:

  • Adding file header
  • Adding function/frame comment
  • Including default code snippet
  • Performing syntax check
  • Reading documentation about a function
  • Converting a code block to comment, and vice versa


The bash-Support Vim plugin offers easiest way to do all of the above, saving lot of time and keystrokes.
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Tutorial: Make Vim as Your C/C++ IDE Using c.vim Plugin

by SathiyaMoorthy on January 28, 2009

Vim as C/C++ IDE
This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. As a programmer, you may do lot of repetitive tasks while coding such as:

  • Adding file header
  • Adding function/frame comment
  • Including default code snippet
  • Performing syntax check
  • Reading documentation about a function
  • Converting a code block to comment, and vice versa


The C-Support Vim Plugin offers easiest way to do all of the above, saving lot of time and keystrokes for C and C++ programmers.

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