Question

I’d like to customize the status line in vim to show the languages the spell checker is checking for. Something like that

File: hello.txt [text][utf8][unix][en,de] CWD: ~ Line: 1/10:1

I’ve added this line to my .vimrc:

set statusline+=%{v:lang}

However, I get the following result which is not completely what I want

File: hello.txt [text][utf8][unix][en_US.utf8] CWD: ~ Line: 1/10:1

The major drawback is that I don’t see all languages activated (en and de)

I was looking for a variable similar to v:lang. Can anyone show me the most convenient way to do it?

Answer 1

I believe that’s set with the spelllang option if you’re using the built in spell checker and not a plugin:

set statusline+=%{&spelllang}