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Project: retextjs/retext-passive

Package: retext-passive@4.2.0

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retext-passive

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retext plugin to check for passive voice.

Contents

What is this?

This package is a unified (retext) plugin to check for the passive voice. It checks for certain verbs ('am', 'are', 'were', 'being', 'is', 'been', 'was', or 'be'), followed by a word in list.js.

When should I use this?

You can opt-into this plugin when you’re dealing with content that might contain weak language, and have authors that can fix that content.

Install

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 12.20+, 14.14+, 16.0+, or 18.0+), install with npm:

npm install retext-passive

In Deno with esm.sh:

import retextPassive from 'https://esm.sh/retext-passive@4'

In browsers with esm.sh:

<script type="module">
  import retextPassive from 'https://esm.sh/retext-passive@4?bundle'
</script>

Use

Say our document example.txt contains:

He was withheld while we were being fed.

…and our module example.js looks as follows:

import {read} from 'to-vfile'
import {reporter} from 'vfile-reporter'
import {unified} from 'unified'
import retextEnglish from 'retext-english'
import retextPassive from 'retext-passive'
import retextStringify from 'retext-stringify'

const file = await unified()
  .use(retextEnglish)
  .use(retextPassive)
  .use(retextStringify)
  .process(await read('example.txt'))

console.error(reporter(file))

…now running node example.js yields:

example.txt
   1:8-1:16  warning  Don’t use the passive voice  withheld  retext-passive
  1:37-1:40  warning  Don’t use the passive voice  fed       retext-passive

⚠ 2 warnings

API

This package exports no identifiers. The default export is retextPassive.

unified().use(retextPassive[, options])

Check for the passive voice.

options

Configuration (optional).

options.ignore

Phrases not to warn about (Array<string>).

Messages

Each message is emitted as a VFileMessage on file, with the following fields:

message.source

Name of this plugin ('retext-passive').

message.ruleId

Any word in list.js.

message.actual

Current not ok phrase (string).

message.expected

Empty array to signal that actual should be removed ([]).

Types

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports the additional type Options.

Compatibility

Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with all maintained versions of Node.js. As of now, that is Node.js 12.20+, 14.14+, 16.0+, and 18.0+. Our projects sometimes work with older versions, but this is not guaranteed.

Contribute

See contributing.md in retextjs/.github for ways to get started. See support.md for ways to get help.

This project has a code of conduct. By interacting with this repository, organization, or community you agree to abide by its terms.

License

MIT © Titus Wormer