lsp-ltex VS vale

If you are using Emacs, I can highly recommend lsp-ltex

If you use emacs, I recommend to get some modern goodness by installing lsp-mode (or eglot) to interact with language servers and then install a latex language servers like texlab. This in my expericence really improved the autocompletion so I don't feel like I loose anything over using vscode, texlab or overleaf .Recently I also switched to lsp-ltex for language-tool integration. All those tools lsp servers can also be used from other editors with lsp support, so use what you prefer. I would only recommend emacs to those who want a fully customized and keyboard driven experience and are not afraid to eventually modify some lisp code. But it has its unique advantages, many editing tools and in addition to the still great auctex also cdlatex for super quick math typesetting.

Basically, I've installed lsp-mode and eglot at the same time. The reason is that eglot works over TRAMP, while lsp-mode not. Also, I use a lot lsp-ltex and it depends directly of lsp-mode

lsp-ltex. This is based on ltex-ls, which is a language server for grammar-checking LaTeX using LanguageTool. The setup is a bit tricky, and there are definitely some bugs and missing features, but when it's set up it's pretty smooth.

Follow the instructions for installing lsp-ltex at https://github.com/emacs-languagetool/lsp-ltex

lsp-ltex

The ltex LSP server for emacs is also great: it uses LanguageTool, the same grammar checker behind textidode: https://github.com/emacs-languagetool/lsp-ltex

Vale is an OSS tool that you can use as a "prose linter" with many of these rules. You can also write your own rules. Together with a spellchecker its a good replacement for proprietary tools like grammarly.

- https://github.com/errata-ai/vale

> Write in US English with US grammar. (Tested in British.yml.)

heh, that was funny but it turns out the file is a list of British words checked using Vale, which I just learned existed: https://github.com/errata-ai/vale#readme (MIT)

Also, another TIL is that the "e" version of gray is British https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/doc/.vale... I had previously erroneously assumed they were just one of those quirks of English (which, I guess is still true but it is less random than I thought)

Off the top of my head, Vale and Acrolinx.

I have recently thought of feeding the suggestions from Vale (https://vale.sh/) into an LLM along with your writing. Currently I just simply ask an LLM to take what I wrote and put it into a more "active voice". I then manually edit my writing to make it more "active" if I choose -- I do not just publish LLM generated content unaltered.

Note: I did not ask an LLM for this comment.

vale to spell check and enforce writing style on my articles