rousseau

!Rousseau


Rousseau is a lightweight proofreader written in Javascript, it can be used in Node.JS, in the command line and in the browser.

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``
$ npm install rousseau
`

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`js
var rousseau = require("rousseau");

rousseau('So the cat was stolen.', function(err, results) {
...
});
`

results is an array of object like:

`js
{
// 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: ""
}
]
}
`

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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 |

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Example: Extend rousseau with a Spellchecker.

`js
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) {
...
})

`

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Rousseau use an internal cache for certain operations (tokenization, spellchecking, ...); this cache can be configured using the option cache:

`js
rousseau('So the cat was stolen.', {
cache: 100 // A maximum of 100 elements will be stored in the memory cache
}, function(err, results) {
...
});
``

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We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to improve Rousseau (supported languages, checks, ...). Learn more about how to contribute in CONTRIBUTING.md.