Installing spell checker to VS Code

install-spell-checker-to-vs-code.md

Spelling Checker for Visual Studio Code

• README of the code-spell-checker VS Code extension.

Installing spell checker to VS Code

• Open up VS Code
• Press button F1
• Type ext install code-spell-checker to the command promnt and press Enter key.
• Reload the VS Code window to enable the new extension.

Installing 3rd party word lists to the spell checker

html-symbol-entities

npm install -g cspell-dict-html-symbol-entities
cspell-dict-html-symbol-entities-link

Germany dictionary

• Answer to a question about Germany dictionary

Including a basic German dictionary would increase the size of extension by at least 4 MB, so that generally might not make sense to do by default.

• cspell-dicts repository shows what things there are in the German dictionary.

Node.js & tools distributed via npm can be installed easily, without need to know anything about JavaScript itself.

• Quick guide: Installing Node.js with nvm to Linux & OS X

After installing the Node itself, run these two commands in your computer's command line terminal:

npm install -g cspell-dict-de-de

cspell-dict-de-de-link

After that, follow the instructions of the Spell Checker's documentation. You can either add the settings to VS Code's global settings, or have project-specific custom adjustments.

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