Different rules for different file types?

[tbazant]

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I'm facing the following problem: our company is using XML DocBook and AsciiDoc as source languages. As of now, we share the same set of style rules. Although 95% of rules apply to both languages, some are correct in one language and not applicable in the other one. For example, Replace " with <quote/> does not apply to AsciiDoc, same goes for Use   to join number and unit in 10 GB. Is there any solution how to pick rules that differ based on the file source language except for creating a whole new set of rules?

[jdkato]

You can do this in your .vale.ini file:

[*.adoc]
# AsciiDoc rules ...

[*.xml]
# DockBook rules ...

Or at the rule-level by using a format-specific scope:

scope: text.adoc

[tbazant]

You can do this in your .vale.ini file:

[*.adoc]
# AsciiDoc rules ...

[*.xml]
# DockBook rules ...

how about having 2 subdirs, adoc, xml, common and use

[*.adoc]
BasedOnStyles=adoc/
[*.xml]
BasedOnStyles=xml/
[*.adoc, *.xml]
BasedOnStyles=common/

is that possible? Or at the rule-level by using a format-specific scope:

scope: text.adoc

can there be more scopes combined? such as

scope: text.adoc, raw.adoc

[jdkato]

Yes:

[*.adoc]
BasedOnStyles = Common, AsciiDoc

[*.xml]
BasedOnStyles = Common, XML

where Common, AsciiDoc and XML are custom styles on your StylesPath.

can there be more scopes combined?

Yes, see Multi-scope rules. However, raw shouldn't be combined with any other scope.