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checkers/grammar

Table of Contents

• Description
  • Maintainers
  • Module Flags
  • Plugins
• Prerequisites
• Features
  • Language Tool
    • Commands
  • writegood-mode
• Configuration
• Troubleshooting

Description

This module adds grammar checking to Emacs to aid your writing by combining lang-tool and writegood-mode.

Maintainers

This module has no dedicated maintainers.

Module Flags

This module provides no flags.

Plugins

• langtool
• writegood-mode

Prerequisites

This module requires langtool (which requires Java 1.8+).

It can be acquired either from https://languagetool.org/ or your OS’s package manager:

• macOS: brew install languagetool
• Arch Linux: pacman -S languagetool

This module tries to guess the location of languagetool-commandline.jar. If you get a warning that Doom couldn't find languagetool-commandline.jar, you will need to set langtool-language-tool-jar to its location.

Features

An in-depth list of features, how to use them, and their dependencies.

Language Tool

Language Tool is a polyglot proofreader service that checks for grammar and stylistic issues in your writing. This requires Java 1.8+.

This requires Java 1.8+

Commands

• langtool-check
• langtool-correct-buffer

writegood-mode

This minor mode highlights weasel words, duplication and passive voice.

Configuration

How to configure this module, including common problems and how to address them.

Troubleshooting

Common issues and their solution, or places to look for help.