2016-10-31 18:20 GMT+03:00 Xtian Simon <[email protected]>: > I'm a longtime user of Vim on Linux (archlinux). Every time I open the app, I > get an error about the spelling file. > > $ vim > Warning: Cannot find word list "en.utf-8.spl" or "en.ascii.spl" > Warning: Cannot find word list "en.utf-8.spl" or "en.ascii.spl" > Warning: Cannot find word list "en.utf-8.spl" or "en.ascii.spl" > Press ENTER or type command to continue > > My copy of Vim is up to date, > > $ vim --version > VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Sep 15 2016 10:11:05) > Included patches: 1-5 > Compiled by Arch Linux > > $ sudo pacman -Ss vim | grep installed > extra/vim 8.0.0005-1 [installed] > extra/vim-runtime 8.0.0005-1 [installed] > community/ranger 1.7.2-1 [installed] > > I posted this question on the new StackExchange site vi/vim[1], where a > comment posted a link to a blog post suggesting I copy the spell file into my > `~/.vim/spell` directory (I tried a soft link instead). > > Sure enough, this worked. However, this raises the larger issue, is this > right? I'm not a Vim developer, so take my comment with a grain of salt, but > isn't the user's home directory of `.vim` supposed to be just for user files? > Shouldn't the global spell file be loaded (and findable) at the application > level? > > > [1]: > http://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/10025/error-warning-cannot-find-word-list-is-this-a-user-or-package-error > [2]: http://abhipandey.com/2015/10/vim-cannot-find-word-list/
Blog post author is utterly wrong in how he edits the runtimepath: it must not point to the spell folder, it must point to the *parent* of the spell folder. Unfortunately, logging in there to comment with Google does not work. Wondering where is *yours* spell file initial location. > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
