Request for spell checker extension

[aliahmed102]

I want a feature for check English typo! I used to use an extension in vs code called spell checker it was so useful. when a word spelling is incorrect it suggest then by clicking ctrl + . it shows the solutions.

[nathany-copia]

I've been using Code Spell Checker with Visual Studio Code, which is great because it understands camelCase, etc.
https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/vscode-spell-checker

It uses a library called cSpell, which is mostly TypeScript. Maybe it would be possible to turn that into a WebAssembly extension for Zed. I'm not sure.

Alternatively, Sublime Text uses a C++ library called Hunspell. But the existing Rust bindings don't appear to be well maintained.
https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/spell_checking.html

It would be nice to have at least basic spell checking for writing Markdown files, otherwise I'd likely use a different editor for that task. Spell checking that understands code would be amazing!

[bajrangCoder]

For zed this LSP protocol based spell checker can be used using extension:

https://github.com/valentjn/ltex-ls

[arscynic]

This works excellently, thank you.

[notpeter]

You might be interested in BaptisteRoseau/zed-typos which bundles tekumara/typos-lsp. It's focus is detecting typos with (nearly) no false positives, it's not a spell-checker but it definitely works. We use typos in CI too, so it's nice to catch things before committing.