@kitschpatrol/cspell-config

CSpell configuration for @kitschpatrol/shared-config.

Overview

It's a shared CSpell config, plus a command-line tool kpi-cspell to perform CSpell-related project initialization and linting. Note that automated fixes are handled via an ESLint integration provided in @kitschpatrol/eslint-config.

[!IMPORTANT]

You can use this package on its own, but it's recommended to use @kitschpatrol/shared-config instead for a single-dependency and single-package approach to linting and fixing your project.

This package is included as a dependency in @kitschpatrol/shared-config, which also automatically invokes the command line functionality in this package via its kpi command

Setup

To use just this CSpell config in isolation:

Install the .npmrc in your project root. This is required for correct PNPM behavior:
```
pnpm dlx @kitschpatrol/repo-config init
```
Add the package:
```
pnpm add -D @kitschpatrol/cspell-config
```
Add the starter .cspell.json file to your project root, and add any customizations you'd like:
```
pnpm exec kpi-cspell init
```

Usage

The CSpell binary should be picked up automatically by VS Code plugins.

You can call it directly, or use the script bundled with the config.

Integrate with your package.json scripts as you see fit, for example:

{
  "scripts": {
    "spellcheck": "kpi-cspell lint"
  }
}

Configuration

To create a cspell.config.js in your project root:

pnpm exec kpi-knip init

(Note that this will delete the cspell property in your package.json!)

To create a cspell property in package.json:

pnpm exec kpi-cspell init --location package

(Note that this will delete the cspell.config.js file in your project root!)

Disabling bundled dictionaries

In additional to CSpell's default dictionary configuration, this shared configuration enables a number of dictionaries that ship with CSpell for all file types:

It also includes a number of custom dictionaries distributed with this package, all of which are enabled by default:

kp-acronyms Contains acronyms
kp-brands Contains proper nouns like brand names
kp-eslint Names seen in eslint rules provided by @kitschpatrol/eslint-config
kp-files File extensions and types
kp-misc Contains general and miscellaneous words
kp-names Human names and usernames
kp-tech Tech-specific terminology, some ambiguity vs. "brands"

In your project's root .cspell.json, you can disable any combination of these dictionaries by adding them to the dictionaries array with a ! prefix.

For example, do disable the kp-acronyms and kp-brands dictionaries:

{
  "import": "@kitschpatrol/cspell-config",
  "dictionaries": [
    "!kp-acronyms",
    "!kp-brands",
    // ...Addtional !-prefixed dicitonary names
  ],
}

If you need a massive and permissive dictionary for large writing project, take a look at @kitschpatrol/dict-en-wiktionary.

Adding project-scoped words

In your project's root .cspell.json:

{
  "import": "@kitschpatrol/cspell-config",
  "words": [
    "mountweazel",
    "steinlaus",
    "jungftak",
    "esquivalience",
    // ...Additional words
  ],
}

CLI

Command: `kpi-cspell`

Kitschpatrol's CSpell shared configuration tools. (Automated fixes are handled by ESLint.)

This section lists top-level commands for kpi-cspell.

Usage:

kpi-cspell <command>

Command	Argument	Description
`init`		Initialize by copying starter config files to your project root or to your package.json file.
`lint`	`[files..]`	Check for spelling mistakes. Matches files below the current working directory by default.
`print-config`		Print the resolved CSpell configuration. Package-scoped. Searches up to the root of a monorepo if necessary.

Option	Description	Type
`--help` `-h`	Show help	`boolean`
`--version` `-v`	Show version number	`boolean`

See the sections below for more information on each subcommand.

Subcommand: `kpi-cspell init`

Initialize by copying starter config files to your project root or to your package.json file.

Usage:

kpi-cspell init

Option	Description	Type	Default
`--location`	TK	`"file"` `"package"`	`"file"`
`--help` `-h`	Show help	`boolean`
`--version` `-v`	Show version number	`boolean`

Subcommand: `kpi-cspell lint`

Check for spelling mistakes. Matches files below the current working directory by default.

Usage:

kpi-cspell lint [files..]

Positional Argument	Description	Type	Default
`files`	Files or glob pattern to lint.	`array`	`"*/"`

Option	Description	Type
`--help` `-h`	Show help	`boolean`
`--version` `-v`	Show version number	`boolean`

Subcommand: `kpi-cspell print-config`

Print the resolved CSpell configuration. Package-scoped. Searches up to the root of a monorepo if necessary.

Usage:

kpi-cspell print-config

Option	Description	Type
`--help` `-h`	Show help	`boolean`
`--version` `-v`	Show version number	`boolean`

Notes

This config includes a bunch of words I've happened to have needed to use. Your preferences will vary.

CSpell is configured to automatically ignore files and paths in .gitignore (via "useGitignore": true), and to ignore words inside of ``` code fences in markdown and mdx files.

As part of the lint command process, @kitschpatrol/cspell-config also runs a check to identify any words in your config file's "words" array that are do not actually appear anywhere else in your project. This was inspired by Zamiell's cspell-check-unused-words project.