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hex

quick spellcheck TUI 🦀

features

  • fast hunspell/spellbook spell check
  • per-project & global ignore files
  • suggest changes & replace in all files
  • quick context view to see where a word appears
  • automatically download dictionaries if needed
  • quick word check CLI option

demo

Just run hex to get an overview of all spelling issues in the current directory.

Keyboard-driven interface for making fast fixes & ignores.

Usage

Usage: hex [OPTIONS] [PATH]

Arguments:
  [PATH]  File or directory to spellcheck (defaults to current directory)

Options:
  -r, --recursive    Recursively search directories for markdown files
  -w, --word <word>  Check a single word
      --init <init>  Download a dictionary
  -h, --help         Print help
  -V, --version      Print version

project status

This project was written to gain more exposure to Rust & shave a yak.

Use at your own risk, the interface isn't at all stable yet.

Dependencies

~20–39MB
~579K SLoC