updated spellcheck with keybinds and default off on most filetypes

lua/autocommands.lua

@@ -31,3 +31,16 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TextYankPost', {
   end,
 })
 
+-- Create an augroup to manage our spellcheck autocommands
+local spell_group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("EnableSpellcheck", { clear = true })
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
+  group = spell_group,
+  -- List the filetypes you want to enable spellcheck for
+  pattern = { "markdown", "text", "gitcommit", "latex", "plaintex" },
+  callback = function()
+    vim.opt_local.spell = true
+    vim.opt_local.spelllang = "en_us" -- Optional: set your preferred language
+    vim.opt_local.spelloptions = "camel"
+  end,
+})

lua/keybinds.lua

@@ -68,3 +68,7 @@ vim.keymap.set('n', "<leader>a/", "<cmd>Gemini toggle<cr>", { desc = "Toggle Gem
 vim.keymap.set('n', "<leader>aa", "<cmd>Gemini toggle<cr>", { desc = "Toggle Gemini CLI" })
 vim.keymap.set('n', "<leader>aq", "<cmd>Gemini ask<cr>", { desc = "Ask Gemini", })
 vim.keymap.set('n', "<leader>af", "<cmd>Gemini add_file<cr>", { desc = "Add File"} )
+
+-- spellcheck keybind to toggle on current buffer
+vim.keymap.set('n', "<leader>ze", "<cmd>setlocal spell<cr>", { desc = "enable spellecheck on buffer" })
+vim.keymap.set('n', "<leader>zd", "<cmd>setlocal nospell<cr>", { desc = "Disable spellecheck on buffer" })

lua/options.lua

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ vim.g.have_nerd_font = true
 
 vim.g.loaded_netrw = 1
 vim.g.loaded_netrwPlugin = 1
-vim.opt.spellcapcheck = ""
 
 -- [[Setting options]]
-vim.o.spell = true
-vim.o.spelllang = 'en_us'
+vim.o.spell = false -- turn on spellcheck
+vim.o.spelllang = 'en_us' -- set English as spellcheck language
+vim.opt.spellcapcheck = ""
 vim.o.number = true -- Make line numbers default
 vim.o.relativenumber = true
 vim.o.showmode = false