Text Checks

Comment checks, definition checks, name checks and synonym checks are all very similar, so they are all discussed in this section. These text checks are run automatically when you commit a change made in the Text Editor. You can also run text checks on all terms at once by going to the Configuration tab in the Verification Manager and clicking the button that says "Run manual check now".

A text check can look for any of the following:

• Misspelled words - A warning will appear if the text includes a word that is not found in the the default dictionary file or the user dictionary file, both of which are stored in oboedit_config/dict. (If you hover your mouse over the supposedly misspelled word, which is shown in red text, you will be given the option to add the word to the default dictionary or your personal user dictionary.)
• Repeated words - A warning will appear if the text contains a repeated word. Of course, some words should be repeated, so OBO-Edit maintains a list of legally repeatable words. Use the appropriate quick fix to add a word to the list of allowed repeats.
• Repeated whitespace - A warning will appear if multiple whitespace characters (like spaces or tabs) appear in a row (even between sentences).
• Sentence case - A warning will appear if a new sentence starts with a lower-case letter. Sometimes sentences should start with a lower case letter, so OBO-Edit provides a quick fix that allows a word to be added to a list of words that may legally appear at the beginning of a sentence in lower case.
• Sentence punctuation (definitions and comments only) - A warning will appear if a definition or comment doesn't end with appropriate punctuation.
• Sentence separation - A warning will appear if a period, question mark or exclamation point is not followed by a space. Sometimes a period should not be followed by a space (for example, in an abbreviation), so OBO-Edit provides a quick fix that adds a word to a list of legal abbreviations. OBO-Edit knows the abbreviations "i.e.", "e.g." and "etc." by default.

You can configure which of these tests are done, and when, by clicking the "Configure" button next to the check name in the Verification Manager:

Each line of the configuration window configures one of the tests listed above. Each test can be configured to run under one of the following conditions:

• Threaded checks only - This part of the text check will always be run except on a manual check.
• On Text Edit/Manual - This part of the text check will only be run before committing a text edit (or when verification is run manually).
• Always - This part of the text check will always be run.
• Never - This part of the text check will never be run.

The default setting for most checks is Always. Repeated whitespace check is turned off by default.

The Text Editor performs text checks on the selected term. If there are any errors or warnings, this is indicated in the Text Editor title bar. To see the warnings, hover your mouse over the title bar for a few seconds; a window listing the warnings will pop up.