Spellcheck

sam.baron · May 20, 2020, 8:58pm

Please add spellcheck

goldfish · May 20, 2020, 10:08pm

Wouldn’t this be possible for a plugin to accomplish? Spellcheck can get really complex depending on the user. Might be better to support this with plugins, same as a code linter or other helpful tool.

sam.baron · May 20, 2020, 10:11pm

There’s a builtin spellchecker that can be used with the latest version of Electron

https://www.electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/spellchecker

Licat · May 20, 2020, 10:12pm

I’d say this definitely falls in the core of the app, since it has a native-interaction component to it. We could provide an API for plugins to override the suggestions though.

Electron does provide the spellchecker, but since we’re using CodeMirror, which doesn’t use content-editable, we actually need to hook up quite some code for the spellchecker to work in the editor.

lauren.e · May 22, 2020, 12:17pm

This might be trickier, but an integration with a service Grammarly would be awesome too, and would automatically take care of spellchecking.

curtismchale · May 22, 2020, 1:57pm

That’s firmly plugin territory I’d say.

kbrede · May 25, 2020, 12:01am

Just want to add my vote for spellcheck capability. I used to use aspell in vim. Seemed to work well. Don’t know if it still exists…

madhead · May 27, 2020, 2:18pm

As the wheel has already been invented, if at all possible, it would be nice to use 3rd party solutions such as Grammarly or LanguageTool.

ksandvik · May 27, 2020, 5:10pm

I prefer a system (ex Mac) spell checker. Don’t like Grammarly getting more and more content they look at (and misuse possibly). So system level spell checking, thx.

robotsheepboy · June 8, 2020, 1:17pm

I would definitely appreciate this, I often misspel when I’m freeflowing!

avsteele · June 8, 2020, 1:54pm

This is a must-have for me. This is one of only 2 things holding me back from fully embracing Obsidian right now

mvanders · June 11, 2020, 12:05pm

Also for me, this is crucial

ThePenSummoner · June 15, 2020, 11:35am

I would also kill for a spellchecker

matleonii · June 15, 2020, 3:01pm

up vote for this one! plug in or native it’s a must have for any writing app.

Mike · June 16, 2020, 2:32pm

I am well known as the King of Typos!

+1 Mac spell checker
+1 Grammarly

@kbrede, provided a bash script solution via Aspell here.

TMNT · June 17, 2020, 5:44am

System spellchecker has the added bonus of text expansion and replacement, at least on Mac.

hellosmithy · June 22, 2020, 11:21am

+1 For system spellcheck

alexdai039 · June 28, 2020, 9:55am

Support 3rd party tools, like Grammarly, will be great.
+1 Grammarly

mjh-sakh · June 29, 2020, 3:02am

+1 for system

hxhc · June 29, 2020, 6:48am

In great demand for spellcheck.