rousseau
v1.0.5
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Lightweight proofreader
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Rousseau is a lightweight proofreader written in Javascript, it can be used in Node.JS, in the command line and in the browser.
Installation
$ npm install rousseau
API
var rousseau = require("rousseau");
rousseau('So the cat was stolen.', function(err, results) {
...
});
results
is an array of object like:
{
// Type of check that output this suggestion
type: "so",
// Level of importance
// "suggestion", "warning", "error"
level: "warning",
// Index in the text
index: 10,
// Size of the section in the text
offset: 2,
// Message to describe the suggestion
message: "omit 'So' from the beginning of sentences",
// Replacements suggestion
replacements: [
{
value: ""
}
]
}
Checks
You can disable any combination of the following by providing a key with value false
as option checks
to rousseau
.
English
| ID | Description |
| ----- | --------------- |
| passive
| Checks for passive voice |
| lexical-illusion
| Checks for lexical illusions – cases where a word is repeated. |
| so
| Checks for so
at the beginning of the sentence. |
| adverbs
| Checks for adverbs that can weaken meaning: really, very, extremely, etc. |
| readibility
| Checks for readibility of sentences. |
| simplicity
| Checks for simpler expressions |
| weasel
| Checks for "weasel words." |
| sentence:start
| Checks that sentence is preceded by a space |
| sentence:end
| Checks that there is no space between a sentence and its ending punctuation |
| sentence:uppercase
| Checks that sentences are starting with uppercase letter |
Extend Rousseau
Example: Extend rousseau with a Spellchecker.
rousseau("Some text", {
checks: {
spelling: rousseau.tokenize.check([
rousseau.tokenize.words(),
rousseau.filter(function(word) {
return wordIsValid(word);
}),
rousseau.define({
level: rousseau.levels.ERROR,
message: "Spelling error"
})
])
}
}, function(err, results) {
...
})
Cache
Rousseau use an internal cache for certain operations (tokenization, spellchecking, ...); this cache can be configured using the option cache
:
rousseau('So the cat was stolen.', {
cache: 100 // A maximum of 100 elements will be stored in the memory cache
}, function(err, results) {
...
});
Contributing
We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to improve Rousseau (supported languages, checks, ...). Learn more about how to contribute in CONTRIBUTING.md.