create and add custom spellcheck plugin

much credit to this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/1fwqc8t/how_to_enable_spell_check_for_only_specific_files/

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dot-config/nvim/lua/spellcheck.lua b/dot-config/nvim/lua/spellcheck.lua
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+-- To enable spellchecking
+--
+-- Credits
+-- https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/1fwqc8t/how_to_enable_spell_check_for_only_specific_files/
+
+local M = {}
+
+local default_config = {
+	filetypes = { "markdown" },
+}
+
+local function enable_spell(config)
+	config = config or default_config
+
+	-- Set global spell to false initially for all files
+	vim.opt.spell = false
+
+	-- Create augroup
+	vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("Spellcheck", { clear = true })
+
+	-- Create autocommand to enable spellcheck
+	vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "FileType" }, {
+		group = "Spellcheck", -- Grouping for easier management
+		pattern = config.filetypes, -- Only for these filetypes
+		callback = function()
+			vim.opt_local.spell = true -- Enable spellcheck
+			vim.opt_local.spelllang = "en_us" -- Set language
+		end,
+		desc = "Enable spellcheck for defined filetypes",
+	})
+end
+
+function M.setup(config)
+	enable_spell(config)
+end
+
+return M