diff --git a/vim-italics/README.md b/vim-italics/README.md
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+---
+title: vim-italics
+homepage: https://webinstall.dev/vim-italics
+tagline: |
+  vim-italics is refactors the text to italics.
+---
+
+To update (replacing the current version) run `webi vim-italics`.
+
+
+## Cheat Sheet
+
+Vim-italics turns text to italics.
+
+### How to install manually
+
+```ruby
+highlight htmlItalic gui=italic ctermfg=214
+```
+
+You'll need a font with an italic set and a terminal capable of displaying italics. Also, if you're using a color scheme other than the default, the above line should come after the color scheme is loaded in your ```~/.vimrc``` so that the color scheme doesn't override it.
+
+The cterm makes it work in the terminal and the gui is for graphical Vim clients.
diff --git a/vim-italics/install.sh b/vim-italics/install.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+__init_vim_italics() {
+    set -e
+    set -u
+
+    mkdir -p "$HOME/.vim/plugins"
+    rm -rf "$HOME/.vim/plugins/italics.vim"
+
+    echo ""
+
+    if [ ! -e "$HOME/.vimrc" ]; then
+        touch "$HOME/.vimrc"
+    fi
+
+    if ! [ -f "$HOME/.vim/plugins/italics.vim" ]; then
+        mkdir -p ~/.vim/plugins
+        WEBI_HOST=${WEBI_HOST:-"https://webinstall.dev"}
+        curl -fsS -o ~/.vim/plugins/italics.vim "$WEBI_HOST/packages/vim-italics/italics.vim"
+    fi
+
+    if ! grep 'source.*plugins.italics.vim' -r ~/.vimrc > /dev/null 2> /dev/null; then
+        set +e
+        mkdir -p ~/.vim/plugins
+        printf '\n" italics Check: reasonable defaults from webinstall.dev/vim-italics\n' >> ~/.vimrc
+        printf 'source ~/.vim/plugins/italics.vim\n' >> ~/.vimrc
+        set -e
+        echo "added ~/.vim/plugins/italics.vim"
+        echo "updated ~/.vimrc with 'source ~/.vim/plugins/italics.vim'"
+        echo ""
+    fi
+
+    echo "vim-italics enabled with reasonable defaults"
+}
+
+__init_vim_italics
diff --git a/vim-italics/spell.vim b/vim-italics/spell.vim
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+" turn on spellcheck
+set spell
+
+" set spellcheck highlight to underline
+hi clear SpellBad
+hi SpellBad cterm=underline