More than one language can be used, simply separate them by commas. To list these, set the 'Locales' configuration option to the IETF tag (en-US, fr-FR, etc). Changing the dictionaryĮxcept for Mac, Atom needs to know what language to use to perform spell-checking. The first scope that's listed is the one you should add to the list of scopes in the settings for the Spell Check package. This will trigger a notification which will contain a list of scopes. (cmd-shift-p for Mac or ctrl-shift-p for Windows or Linux), and run the Editor: Log Cursor Scope command. To enable Spell Check for your current file type: put your cursor in the file, open the Command Palette The Grammars config option is a list of scopes for which the package will check for spelling errors. You can override this from the Spell Check settings in the Settings View (cmd-,). Use cmd-shift-: for Mac or ctrl-shift-: for Windows or Linux to bring up the list of corrections when your cursor is on a misspelled word.īy default spell check is enabled for the following files: Highlights misspelling in Atom and shows possible corrections.