Vim spell checking for dummies

:set spell will mark misspelled words in red, but this is not Microsoft Word. Here are a few tricks I use to work effectively with the Vim spell checker:

• If you have vim-unimpaired installed you can toggle spell checking on and off with cos

• Usually though, whether you want it enabled depends on the file type you are editing. You can put setlocal spell in the appropriate vim/after/ftplugin/{filetype}.vim, probably at least markdown and gitcommit.

• ]s will take you to the next misspelled word.

• z= will bring up a list of suggestions for correcting the word under the cursor