From aaf5d3156774e750d856628a584f0aefb99c57b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "chawley (overlook)" <chawley@planethawleywood.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:05:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Reworked Spell Check Section

Removed the global nospell autocommands:
  The lines `autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile * setlocal nospell` and
  `autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.* setlocal nospell` have been removed.
  These were turning off spell checking for all files.
---
 .vimrc | 27 ++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index cd4ab4a..76f4cfb 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -294,38 +294,35 @@ imap <C-S-i> <C-R>=strftime("%Y-%m-%d %a")<CR>
 imap <F4> <C-R>=strftime("%Y-%m-%d")<CR>
 
 " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-" ==> Spellcheck 
+" ==> Spellcheck
 
-"     auto-complete spelling suggestions with <ctrl-p>
+"    auto-complete spelling suggestions with <ctrl-p>
 set complete+=kspell
 
 autocmd FileType markdown setlocal complete+=kspell
 autocmd FileType text setlocal complete+=kspell
 autocmd FileType gitcommit setlocal complete+=kspell
 
-"     Toggle spell check highlights with <F10>
+"    Toggle spell check highlights with <F10>
 nnoremap <F10> :setlocal spell! spelllang=en_us<CR>
 
 " ==> Spellcheck: only certain file types
-"     https://robots.thoughtbot.com/vim-spell-checking
+"    https://robots.thoughtbot.com/vim-spell-checking
 
-"     turn off for files with no extension
-autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile * setlocal nospell
-
-"     turn off for files with any extension
-autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.* setlocal nospell
-
-"     turn on for markdown files
+"    turn on for markdown files
 autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.md setlocal spell
 
-"     turn on for text files
+"    turn on for text files
 autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.txt setlocal spell
 
+"    turn on for git commits
+autocmd FileType gitcommit setlocal spell spelllang=en_us
+
 " ==> Spellcheck Colors
 "
-"     I hate spellcheck's default colors
-"     (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6008921/how-do-i-change-the-highlight-style-in-vim-spellcheck)
-"     Vim Colors: (http://alvinalexander.com/linux/vi-vim-editor-color-scheme-syntax)
+"    I hate spellcheck's default colors
+"    (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6008921/how-do-i-change-the-highlight-style-in-vim-spellcheck)
+"    Vim Colors: (http://alvinalexander.com/linux/vi-vim-editor-color-scheme-syntax)
 hi clear SpellBad
 hi clear SpellCap
 hi clear SpellLocal