How to disable spell checking in Atom?

I would like to turn off spell checking in Atom in one file. I cannot find any shortcut or option for that.

When I open a file with some non-programming stuff I get a red flood from the spell checker.

Solution 1:

For temporary solution or for someone like me permanent solution:

1. go to "File / Settings / Packages"
2. search "spell-check"
3. click to button "Disable"

Solution 2:

Disable the spell-check plugin

1. Go to Settings > Packages > Spell Check.
2. Click the Disable button.

Toggle spell check for the current file

1. Open up the Command Pallette (⌘+⇧+p).
2. Type in Spell Check: Toggle.
3. Hit enter.

Create a shortcut to toggle spell checking

1. Go to Atom > Keymap...

2. Add those lines at the bottom of the keymap.cson file:

   'atom-text-editor':
     'cmd-alt-s': 'spell-check:toggle'
   

3. Restart Atom.

Disable spell check for certain file types

There is a default list of scopes which triggers spell checking. You have to define your own list if you want to modify it.

1. Go to Settings > Packages > Spell Check.
2. Enter your modified list of scopes into the Settings > Grammars.

How to define my own list of scopes?

The default list of scopes includes: source.asciidoc, source.gfm, text.git-commit, text.plain, text.plain.null-grammar

If you don't know which scope applies to your currently opened file:

1. Open up the Command Pallette (⌘+⇧+p).
2. Type in Editor: Log Cursor Scope.

3. Hit enter.

4. A notification like this should pop up:

5. The first item on the list is the scope which applies to your file.

Further reading

You can read more on the GitHub page of this package: https://github.com/atom/spell-check#spell-check-package.