NAME
acheck - Check common localization mistakes
SYNOPSIS
acheck [OPTIONS] [INPUT_FILE]
DESCRIPTION
This program parses a file checking for syntax rules and optionally
asking Aspell for checking word spelling. It makes fix suggestions and
outputs a corrected file accordingly adding review comments if
requested.
It tries to find the file type according to the extension or the first
lines and loads rules accordingly.
It displays lines when they are parse.
When an error is found, a menu is displayed. Just press Enter if you
don’t want to change anything. If a choice suits you, enter the
corresponding number. If you want to fix it but no choice is correct,
enter a space, then you will be asked for a string to replace the
highlighted text. The script will replace the highlighted text with
your choice and parse it again for new errors.
Here are all the available commands:
Enter, ignore.
Ignore.
Ctrl+L, redraw.
Rewrite the last line, suggestions and hints.
Space, edit.
Edit the highlighted text.
E, edit line.
Edit the whole line.
H, add hint.
Add the displayed hint as review comment. Use this if you want the
translator to see the corresponding warning or error but you have
no correction.
N, next line.
Skip the rest of this line.
X, exit and discard all changes.
Quit without saving modifications, the script ask you for
confirmation, you have to enter ‘yes’ to exit otherwise parsing
starts again at the current mistake.
a, add in dictionary.
Add the highlighted word to you personal dictionary, capitalized as
it is.
l, add lowercase in dictionary.
Lowercase the highlighted word to add it to your personal
dictionary.
i, ignore word.
Ignore the highlighted word, same as Enter.
I, ignore all.
Ignore the highlighted word and add it to your session dictionary.
OPTIONS
Verbosity level:
-q, --quiet
quiet mode.
-v verbose, start at level $Debug + 1, add more for more verbosity
(see below).
--verbose n
set verbosity level to n (see below).
Files:
-i, --input
input filename, can be ’-’ to read data from standard input.
-o, --output
output filename, can be ’-’ to write data to standard ouput. If no
output filename is provided, input file is backed up with ‘bak_ext’
extension and input filename is used.
Spell check:
-s, --spell
check spelling with Aspell.
-d language, --dict language
use language dictionary for Aspell.
-n, --nospell
don’t check spelling.
Mode:
-r, --review
review mode, add comments on lines beginning with $Comment after
parsed line.
-t, --trans
translator mode, don’t add comments, just fix errors.
others:
--rules ruleset
use ruleset rules set.
--type filetype
use filetype whatever the file type is.
--dump
Dump the rules to check and exit, use this for debugging purposes.
-V, --version
print version and exit.
-h, --help
print a short usage message and exit.
Verbosity Level
0 quiet, normal
only warnings and errors
1 debug
names of subroutines
2 debug verbose
names and arguments of subroutines
3 .. 5 debug very verbose
output parsing and checking details
SEE ALSO
acheck(5), acheck-rules(5)
AUTHOR
Nicolas Bertolissio <bertol@debian.org>