Text Checks
Comment checks, definition checks, name checks and
synonym checks are all very similar, so they are all discussed in this
section.
A text check looks for the following:
- 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 character (like spaces or tabs) appear in a row.
- 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.
A text check can be configured by clicking the "Configure" button in the
Verification Plugin:

Each line of the configuration window configures one of the checks listed
above. Each check can be configured to run under one of the following
conditions:
- On Text Edit - This
part of the text check will only be run before committing a text edit
- 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 all checks is Always.