# Install style-check with Homebrew Parses latex-formatted text in search of forbidden phrases. Version 0.14 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:style-check ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install style-check ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:style-check - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.14 - **Source summary:** Parses latex-formatted text in search of forbidden phrases - **Homepage:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - style-check.rb (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.14 ## Project history and usage style-check is a small Ruby command-line checker for LaTeX writing that flags regular-expression-defined forbidden phrases, spellings, syntax patterns, and capitalization rules. ### Project history Neil Spring's official README presents style-check as a personal writing aid: when the author notices a mistake identifiable by a regular expression, he adds it to the ruleset and runs the checker over LaTeX-formatted papers. The source file carries a 2004 copyright notice and describes the script as a quick check against verbose phrases, overused expressions, misspellings, and inconsistent capitalization or hyphenation, while explicitly saying it is not a substitute for a proofreader. ### Adoption history The input package facts list style-check as a Homebrew package only, which matches its character as a narrow academic-writing utility rather than a broad ecosystem tool. Its package-manager presence is still useful because the executable and default rule locations make it easy to install into local writing or build workflows without copying a standalone Ruby script by hand. ### How it is used The checker reads rule files from /etc/style-check.d, ~/.style-check.d, ~/.style-censor, ./style-censor, and related historical paths, then scans TeX files for expressions annotated with justifications. The script supports options for gedit-style output, verbosity, HTML output, and overriding rule paths, making it suitable for editor or document-build integration. ### Why package nerds care style-check matters to package nerds as the kind of tiny, opinionated script that package managers preserve well: one executable, no service, text files for policy, and enough configurability to fit local workflows. It also shows an older Unix style of linting prose with plain files and regular expressions, before modern grammar SaaS tools became common. ### Timeline - 2004: The style-check.rb source carries a copyright notice for Neil Spring. - 2010s: The official README describes rule-file based checking for LaTeX-formatted text. - 2026: Input package facts list style-check as available through Homebrew. ### Related projects - LaTeX is the document format style-check is designed to scan. - Editor and build integrations are natural companions because the tool reports line-oriented findings from source text. ### Sources - - - input.source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: /etc/style-check.d/*, ~/.style-check.d/*, ~/.style-censor, ./style-censor, ~/.style-checkrc ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/style-check.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/style-check.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph