LanguageTool layer

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1. Description
- 1.1. Features:
2. Install
- 2.1. Layer
- 2.2. LanguageTool
3. Key bindings

1. Description

This layer adds grammar checking using LanguageTool. LanguageTool will use the language set using SPC S d if the spell-checking layer is enabled.

1.1. Features:

Spelling and grammar checking

2. Install

2.1. Layer

To use this configuration layer, add it to your ~/.spacemacs. You will need to add languagetool to the existing dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list in this file. You can set the default language by setting langtool-default-language. This value will be used when no custom language has been set using SPC S d:

(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
              '((languagetool :variables
                              langtool-default-language "en-GB")))

It's also possible to immediately show the error when jumping to errors with [ a and ] a by setting languagetool-show-error-on-jump:

(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
              '((languagetool :variables
                              languagetool-show-error-on-jump t)))

2.2. LanguageTool

LanguageTool and JRE 8+ are required to use this layer. You can install LanguageTool using your system's package manager or by extracting the standalone archive found on LanguageTool's website. You can tell the layer where LanguageTool is installed by setting the langtool-language-tool-jar variable to the location of languagetool-commandline.jar, by setting langtool-java-classpath, or setting a host and port for a running server:

;; Standalone installation
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
              '((languagetool :variables
                              langtool-language-tool-jar "/home/username/languagetool/languagetool-commandline.jar")))

;; Classpath (e.g. after installing with `pacman -S languagetool')
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
              '((languagetool :variables
                              langtool-java-classpath "/usr/share/languagetool:/usr/share/java/languagetool/*")))

;; Server running in background
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
              '((languagetool :variables
                              langtool-http-server-host "localhost"
                              langtool-http-server-port 8081)))

3. Key bindings

Key binding	Description
`SPC S l`	Toggle LanguageTool for the current buffer
`SPC S L`	Perform corrections in the current buffer
`[ a`	Jump to the previous LanguageTool error
`] a`	Jump to the next LanguageTool error