My usual Vim work flow is:
In insert mode, spell something wrong.
Press ^X s to get some suggestions.
Press Esc to accept the first one.
After this, I'm in command mode in the middle of the line, instead of insert mode of where I was before. I could use A, but that only works if I was typing on the end of the line. Is there an alternative way? Optimally, I'd like a command that corrects the last mistake to the first suggestion without moving the cursor.
An improvement to PDug's answer: To make the spelling correction undoable separately from the insertions, use this:
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imap <c-l> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u
<c-g>u inserts an undo-break
The rest is the same.
This way, if you don't like the chosen correction, you can undo it using <Esc>u. Without the undo-breaks, this would undo the complete insertion. Note that the undo-break at the end of the mapping ensures that text added after the correction can be undone separately from the correction itself.
Also, I found it convenient to map this to CTRL+F (which is easy to reach) in both insert and normal mode like this:
imap <c-f> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u
nmap <c-f> [s1z=<c-o>
This way, you can quickly fix the last error (relative to the cursor).
This works fairly well:
imap ^L <Esc>[s1z=`]a
[s moves to the last spelling mistake
1z= chooses the first suggestion
`] move to the last insert point
a append text
^L in insert mode but it doesn't work.
^L? Traditionally, spell checking is mapped to <F10>. However, F10 seems to be already in use by gVim, so I eventually settled for the typical <F7> Microsoft spell check binding.
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Feb 14, 2015 at 11:00
L is on home row. Also macs require fn+f10 to get f10 by default, although that can be easily changed.
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Sep 14, 2015 at 15:26
^L character, you have to hold down the CTRL key while hitting the v and then l key.
I can't offer an 'optimal' solution (although I suspect there is a way).
However, you can use gi to enter insert mode at the place in the file where you last left it. (help gi explains this more eloquently).
gi won't help in this case.
I fixed it with the following remap in my .vimrc.
imap <F2> <Esc>mti<C-X>s<Esc>`tla
Press F2 in insert mode to correct the last mistake and go back to insert mode where you were. It overwrites the t marker.
You can use Ctrl + Y to accept an element in a popup menu. See :help complete_CTRL-Y.
I created a plugin just for this use case https://github.com/arecarn/vim-spell-utils
It provides the insert mode mapping CTRL-A that does exactly what was asked and corrects last misspelling with 1st suggestion then returns to insert mode where you you last left off. It also accounts for changes to the line lengths due to spelling corrections while gi and `] do not.
You can press ]s and [s to cycle forward and back misspelled words in a buffer. If you are over a misspelled word in normal mode, you can press z= to see a list of spelling suggestions.
