I can also confirm that this is really an issue with the Ubuntu Natty's version. I've just run a livecd, installed vim-gnome, set .vimrc to 'set spell spelllang=en' and the same behavior described occurs.
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Alexandre Provencio < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Tony Mechelynck < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 05/07/11 19:45, Alexandre Provencio wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Tony Mechelynck >>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:antoine.mechelynck@**gmail.com<[email protected]>>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 05/07/11 05:38, Alexandre Provencio wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Gary Johnson >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >>> >>> On 2011-07-04, Alexandre Provencio wrote: >>> > Hello everyone, the spell checker here is is not working when >>> opening files >>> > with ":e", but it works if I ":e" again on the same viewport, >>> or >>> using the >>> > ":tabe" or calling the file as an argument for vim as in "vim >>> filename" (same >>> > for gvim). >>> > >>> > I've already tried leaving only "set spell spelllang=en" on >>> vimrc, and renaming >>> > the plugins folder, and that behavior does not change. >>> >>> If I'm understanding you, you have renamed ~/.vim and you have >>> created a ~/.vimrc containing only that command above, >>> >>> That is correct. >>> >>> then when you >>> start vim as just >>> >>> vim >>> >>> you have spell-checking enabled, >>> >>> Well I don't know if it is enabled on this point, what i meant >>> was that >>> if i launch vim with a file as an argument, as in "vim >>> filename.txt", >>> the spell check visually works for this file >>> >>> but when you open a file using >>> >>> :e filename >>> >>> spell-checking is no longer enabled. >>> >>> Yes. But if i open a second file with :e again, it does work. >>> >>> >>> OK then. When you first start vim, execute >>> >>> :verbose set spell? >>> >>> You should see >>> >>> spell >>> Last set from ~/.vimrc >>> >>> Then open a file using ":e" and again execute >>> >>> :verbose set spell? >>> >>> What do you see? >>> >>> I've made this test as you said and also for a second file >>> opened with >>> :e, because as I said above, the spell checking works on this >>> one. On >>> the three situations the same message is returned: >>> spell >>> Last set from ~/.vimrc (but this text on my local >>> language, pt-br) >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gary >>> >>> Thanks for your attention Gary. >>> >>> >>> OK, well, if 'spell' is set then spell-checking is enabled. There >>> might be a problem with the spell dictionary, or with spell being >>> enabled or not by the syntax script. Try >>> >>> :verbose set spelllang? syntax? >>> >>> (with three l's in 'spelllang') in the case where spell checking >>> seems to be enabled, and seems to be disabled. >>> >>> >>> First of all, I wanna make a correction of my last reply, stating that >>> the spellchecking does start enabled, then it gets disabled after >>> editing a file with :e, and get enabled again when editing subsequent >>> files with :e. >>> >>> I've made the tests and they seem to make things clearer, but not for me >>> yet :) Here is the output: >>> >>> Starting vim with no arguments (seems to be enabled) >>> spelllang=en >>> Last set from ~/.vimrc >>> syntax= >>> >>> Opening a file with :e (seems to be disabled) >>> spelllang=en >>> Last set from ~/.vimrc >>> syntax=desktop >>> Last set from /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/**syntax.vim >>> >>> Subsequent files opened with :e (seems to be enabled) >>> spelllang=en >>> syntax= >>> >>> See also :help spell-load >>> >>> Ok, going to check out. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Tony. >>> >>> Thanks Tony. >>> >>> -- >>> Well, see, Joyce, there we were, trapped in the elevator. Now, I had >>> my tennis racquet and the goldfish; she was holding the Crisco. >>> Surely >>> you can imagine how one thing naturally led to another! >>> >>> >>> >> The relevant lines in syntax.vim seem to be the following: >> >> " Set up the connection between FileType and Syntax autocommands. >>> " This makes the syntax automatically set when the file type is detected. >>> augroup syntaxset >>> au! FileType * exe "set syntax=" . expand("<amatch>") >>> augroup END >>> >>> >>> " Execute the syntax autocommands for the each buffer. >>> " If the filetype wasn't detected yet, do that now. >>> " Always do the syntaxset autocommands, for buffers where the 'filetype' >>> " already was set manually (e.g., help buffers). >>> doautoall syntaxset FileType >>> if !s:did_ft >>> doautoall filetypedetect BufRead >>> endif >>> >> >> so the reason your problematic file gets "desktop" 'syntax' is probably >> that it gets "desktop" 'filetype'. But no matter, let's have a look at >> $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/desktop.**vim... AFAICT it says nothing about spell >> checking, so IIUC (see ":help spell-syntax") checking should happen >> everywhere... unless... no, there is no $VIMRUNTIME/ftplugin/desktop.** >> vim >> >> So, I'm at the end of my withs here. Maybe someone else can help you (and >> that's why it was a bad idea to reply to me only: I'm adding back the list >> as a Cc). >> > Haha sorry about that... I hope someday the gmail team makes a confirmation > dialog for this kind of mistake, many times I get myself using 'r' instead > of 'a' keyboard shortcut. > > I hope someone else can help me with this, in the meantime I'm going to > compile the last vim. > > >> >> Best regards, >> Tony. >> > > Thanks again Tony. > >> -- >> "Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like >> `Psychic Wins Lottery'?" >> -- Jay Leno >> > > -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! 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