Spell Checker LSP

This extension performs spell checking in source code files, using the cspell library.

This is a fork of vscode-spell-checker and adapted to work with the Helix text editor.

Build

npm install
bun build ./main.ts --compile --outfile cspell-lsp

should work with npm

Helix config

helix/languages.toml:

[language-server.cspell]
command = "cspell-lsp"
args = ["--stdio", "--dictionary", "<path to dictionary file>"]

# Add for every language that you want to spell check
[[language]]
name = "rust"
language-servers = ["rust-analyzer", "cspell"]

[[language]]
name = "cpp"
language-servers = [ "clangd", "cspell" ]

[[language]]
name = "markdown"
language-servers = [ "marksman", "cspell" ]

For reference https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/86023cf1e6c9ab12446061e40c838335c5790979/languages.toml