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-rw-r--r--runtime/autoload/spellfile.vim10
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/spell.txt11
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/autoload/spellfile.vim b/runtime/autoload/spellfile.vim
index d098902305..e36e2f936b 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/spellfile.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/spellfile.vim
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
" Vim script to download a missing spell file
if !exists('g:spellfile_URL')
- " Prefer using http:// when netrw should be able to use it, since
- " more firewalls let this through.
- if executable("curl") || executable("wget") || executable("fetch")
- let g:spellfile_URL = 'http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell'
- else
- let g:spellfile_URL = 'ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell'
- endif
+ " Always use https:// because it's secure. The certificate is for nluug.nl,
+ " thus we can't use the alias ftp.vim.org here.
+ let g:spellfile_URL = 'https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/vim/runtime/spell'
endif
let s:spellfile_URL = '' " Start with nothing so that s:donedict is reset.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/spell.txt b/runtime/doc/spell.txt
index 8350d49c59..0eef976819 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/spell.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/spell.txt
@@ -620,11 +620,12 @@ ask you where to write the file (there must be a writable directory in
'runtimepath' for this).
The plugin has a default place where to look for spell files, on the Vim ftp
-server. If you want to use another location or another protocol, set the
-g:spellfile_URL variable to the directory that holds the spell files. The
-|netrw| plugin is used for getting the file, look there for the specific
-syntax of the URL. Example: >
- let g:spellfile_URL = 'http://ftp.vim.org/vim/runtime/spell'
+server. The protocol used is SSL (https://) for security. If you want to use
+another location or another protocol, set the g:spellfile_URL variable to the
+directory that holds the spell files. You can use http:// or ftp://, but you
+are taking a security risk then. The |netrw| plugin is used for getting the
+file, look there for the specific syntax of the URL. Example: >
+ let g:spellfile_URL = 'https://ftp.nluug.nl/vim/runtime/spell'
You may need to escape special characters.
The plugin will only ask about downloading a language once. If you want to