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Matt
Matt

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Grammar checker for an editor?

I'd like something smarter than a spell checker that can correct simple mistakes in docs such as readme files.

Grammarly seems to be a solid solution for web apps, but I didn't see an integration with any popular editor. We use VS code, IntelliJ, and a few others.

Has anyone else found a solution that works well with readme files?

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Vladislav Tankov • • Edited

Hey, Grazi (plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12175...). Should work for it. We are using LanguageTool proofreader to provide grammar and style checking and all of it working locally :)

As for markup support -- we are using PSI provided by IntelliJ plugins, so we support checking of Markdown, XML, PlainText, any comments, docs and string literals in Python/Java/Kotlin.

Also, VisualStudio code have LanguageTool official extension (marketplace.visualstudio.com/items...) and it, basically, works.

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Satyaan Maharaj •

I haven't used it personally but the Grazi plugin for IntelliJ might be worth checking out.

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Xing Wang •

and if it works with markdown? lol. Some of the grammar checkers can't seem to parse mardown. lol