Interface: AdvancedCSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:832

In the below JSDoc comment, we helpfully specify an example configuration for the end-user to reference. And this example will get captured by the automatic documentation generator.

However, specifying the glob pattern inside of a JSDoc is tricky, because the glob contains the same symbol as the end-of-JSDoc symbol. To work around this, we insert a zero-width space in between the "*" and the "/" symbols.

Extends

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.ExperimentalFileSettings

Properties

__importRef?

optional __importRef: ImportFileRef

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:829

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.__importRef

__imports?

optional __imports: Map<string, ImportFileRef>

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:830

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.__imports

$schema?

optional $schema: string

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:839

Url to JSON Schema

Default

"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell/main/cspell.schema.json"

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.$schema

allowCompoundWords?

optional allowCompoundWords: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1221

True to enable compound word checking.

Default

false

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.allowCompoundWords

cache?

optional cache: CacheSettings

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1146

Define cache settings.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.cache

caseSensitive?

optional caseSensitive: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1233

Determines if words must match case and accent rules.

See Case Sensitivity for more details.

false - Case is ignored and accents can be missing on the entire word. Incorrect accents or partially missing accents will be marked as incorrect.
true - Case and accents are enforced.

Default

false

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.caseSensitive

description?

optional description: string

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1210

Optional description of configuration.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.description

dictionaries?

optional dictionaries: string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1257

Optional list of dictionaries to use. Each entry should match the name of the dictionary.

To remove a dictionary from the list, add ! before the name.

For example, !typescript will turn off the dictionary with the name typescript.

See the Dictionaries and Custom Dictionaries for more details.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.dictionaries

dictionaryDefinitions?

optional dictionaryDefinitions: DictionaryDefinition[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1246

Define additional available dictionaries.

For example, you can use the following to add a custom dictionary:

"dictionaryDefinitions": [
  { "name": "custom-words", "path": "./custom-words.txt"}
],
"dictionaries": ["custom-words"]

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.dictionaryDefinitions

enabled?

optional enabled: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1215

Is the spell checker enabled.

Default

true

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.enabled

enabledFileTypes?

optional enabledFileTypes: Record<string, boolean>

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1024

Enable / Disable checking file types (languageIds).

This setting replaces: Settings.enabledLanguageIds and Settings.enableFiletypes.

A Value of:

true - enable checking for the file type
false - disable checking for the file type

A file type of * is a wildcard that enables all file types.

Example: enable all file types

File Type	Enabled	Comment
`*`	`true`	Enable all file types.
`json`	`false`	Disable checking for json files.

Title

Enabled File Types to Check

Since

8.8.1

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.enabledFileTypes

enabledLanguageIds?

optional enabledLanguageIds: string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:976

Specify a list of file types to spell check. It is better to use Settings.enabledFileTypes to Enable / Disable checking files types.

Title

Enabled Language Ids

Unique Items

true

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.enabledLanguageIds

enableFiletypes?

optional enableFiletypes: string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1002

Enable / Disable checking file types (languageIds).

These are in additional to the file types specified by Settings.enabledLanguageIds. To disable a language, prefix with ! as in !json,

Example: individual file types

jsonc       // enable checking for jsonc
!json       // disable checking for json
kotlin      // enable checking for kotlin

Example: enable all file types

*           // enable checking for all file types
!json       // except for json

Title

Enable File Types

Scope

resource

Unique Items

true

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.enableFiletypes

enableGlobDot?

optional enableGlobDot: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:885

Enable scanning files and directories beginning with . (period).

By default, CSpell does not scan hidden files.

Default

false

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.enableGlobDot

failFast?

optional failFast: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1151

Exit with non-zero code as soon as an issue/error is encountered (useful for CI or git hooks)

Default

false

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.failFast

features?

optional features: Features

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:937

Configure CSpell features.

Since

5.16.0

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.features

files?

optional files: Glob[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:877

Glob patterns of files to be checked.

Glob patterns are relative to the globRoot of the configuration file that defines them.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.files

flagWords?

optional flagWords: string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:510

List of words to always be considered incorrect. Words found in flagWords override words.

Format of flagWords

single word entry - word
with suggestions - word:suggestion or word->suggestion, suggestions

Example:

"flagWords": [
  "color: colour",
  "incase: in case, encase",
  "canot->cannot",
  "cancelled->canceled"
]

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.flagWords

gitignoreRoot?

optional gitignoreRoot: string | string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:927

Tells the spell checker to stop searching for .gitignore files when it reaches a matching root.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.gitignoreRoot

globRoot?

optional globRoot: string

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:871

The root to use for glob patterns found in this configuration. Default: location of the configuration file. For compatibility reasons, config files with version 0.1, the glob root will default to be ${cwd}.

Use globRoot to define a different location. globRoot can be relative to the location of this configuration file. Defining globRoot, does not impact imported configurations.

Special Values:

${cwd} - will be replaced with the current working directory.
. - will be the location of the containing configuration file.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.globRoot

id?

optional id: string

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1206

Optional identifier.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.id

ignorePaths?

optional ignorePaths: Glob[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:891

Glob patterns of files to be ignored.

Glob patterns are relative to the globRoot of the configuration file that defines them.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.ignorePaths

ignoreRandomStrings?

optional ignoreRandomStrings: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:153

Ignore sequences of characters that look like random strings.

Default

true

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.ignoreRandomStrings

ignoreRegExpList?

optional ignoreRegExpList: RegExpPatternList

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1295

List of regular expression patterns or pattern names to exclude from spell checking.

Example: ["href"] - to exclude html href pattern.

Regular expressions use JavaScript regular expression syntax.

Example: to ignore ALL-CAPS words

JSON

"ignoreRegExpList": ["/\\b[A-Z]+\\b/g"]

YAML

ignoreRegExpList:
  - >-
   /\b[A-Z]+\b/g

By default, several patterns are excluded. See Configuration for more details.

While you can create your own patterns, you can also leverage several patterns that are built-in to CSpell.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.ignoreRegExpList

ignoreWords?

optional ignoreWords: string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:515

List of words to be ignored. An ignored word will not show up as an error, even if it is also in the flagWords.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.ignoreWords

import?

optional import: string | string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:855

Allows this configuration to inherit configuration for one or more other files.

See Importing / Extending Configuration for more details.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.import

includeRegExpList?

optional includeRegExpList: RegExpPatternList

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1304

List of regular expression patterns or defined pattern names to match for spell checking.

If this property is defined, only text matching the included patterns will be checked.

While you can create your own patterns, you can also leverage several patterns that are built-in to CSpell.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.includeRegExpList

language?

optional language: string

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1038

Current active spelling language. This specifies the language locale to use in choosing the general dictionary.

For example:

"en-GB" for British English.
"en,nl" to enable both English and Dutch.

Default

"en"

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.language

languageId?

optional languageId: MatchingFileType

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1047

Forces the spell checker to assume a give language id. Used mainly as an Override.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.languageId

languageSettings?

optional languageSettings: LanguageSetting[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1045

Additional settings for individual languages.

See Language Settings for more details.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.languageSettings

loadDefaultConfiguration?

optional loadDefaultConfiguration: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1054

By default, the bundled dictionary configurations are loaded. Explicitly setting this to false will prevent ALL default configuration from being loaded.

Default

true

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.loadDefaultConfiguration

maxDuplicateProblems?

optional maxDuplicateProblems: number

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:141

The maximum number of times the same word can be flagged as an error in a file.

Default

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.maxDuplicateProblems

maxNumberOfProblems?

optional maxNumberOfProblems: number

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:135

The maximum number of problems to report in a file.

Default

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.maxNumberOfProblems

minRandomLength?

optional minRandomLength: number

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:159

The minimum length of a random string to be ignored.

Default

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.minRandomLength

minWordLength?

optional minWordLength: number

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:147

The minimum length of a word before checking it against a dictionary.

Default

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.minWordLength

name?

optional name: string

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1208

Optional name of configuration.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.name

noConfigSearch?

optional noConfigSearch: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:897

Prevents searching for local configuration when checking individual documents.

Default

false

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.noConfigSearch

noSuggestDictionaries?

optional noSuggestDictionaries: string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1267

Optional list of dictionaries that will not be used for suggestions. Words in these dictionaries are considered correct, but will not be used when making spell correction suggestions.

Note: if a word is suggested by another dictionary, but found in one of these dictionaries, it will be removed from the set of possible suggestions.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.noSuggestDictionaries

numSuggestions?

optional numSuggestions: number

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1064

Number of suggestions to make.

Default

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.numSuggestions

overrides?

optional overrides: OverrideSettings[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:968

Overrides are used to apply settings for specific files in your project.

For example:

"overrides": [
  // Force `*.hrr` and `*.crr` files to be treated as `cpp` files:
  {
    "filename": "**​/{*.hrr,*.crr}",
    "languageId": "cpp"
  },
  // Force `*.txt` to use the Dutch dictionary (Dutch dictionary needs to be installed separately):
  {
    "language": "nl",
    "filename": "**​/dutch/**​/*.txt"
  }
]

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.overrides

parser?

optional parser: string

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1551

Experimental

Parser to use for the file content

Since

6.2.0

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.parser

patterns?

optional patterns: RegExpPatternDefinition[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1330

Defines a list of patterns that can be used with the ignoreRegExpList and includeRegExpList options.

For example:

"ignoreRegExpList": ["comments"],
"patterns": [
  {
    "name": "comment-single-line",
    "pattern": "/#.*​/g"
  },
  {
    "name": "comment-multi-line",
    "pattern": "/(?:\\/\\*[\\s\\S]*?\\*\\/)/g"
  },
  // You can also combine multiple named patterns into one single named pattern
  {
    "name": "comments",
    "pattern": ["comment-single-line", "comment-multi-line"]
  }
]

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.patterns

plugins?

optional plugins: Plugin[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1529

Experimental

Future Plugin support

Since

6.2.0

Inherited from

ExperimentalFileSettings.plugins

pnpFiles?

optional pnpFiles: string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1101

The PnP files to search for. Note: .mjs files are not currently supported.

Default

[".pnp.js", ".pnp.cjs"]

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.pnpFiles

readonly?

optional readonly: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:905

Indicate that the configuration file should not be modified. This is used to prevent tools like the VS Code Spell Checker from modifying the file to add words and other configuration.

Default

false

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.readonly

reporters?

optional reporters: ReporterSettings[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:918

Define which reports to use. default - is a special name for the default cli reporter.

Examples:

["default"] - to use the default reporter
["@cspell/cspell-json-reporter"] - use the cspell JSON reporter.
[["@cspell/cspell-json-reporter", { "outFile": "out.json" }]]
[ "default", ["@cspell/cspell-json-reporter", { "outFile": "out.json" }]] - Use both the default reporter and the cspell-json-reporter.

Default

["default"]

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.reporters

showStatus?

optional showStatus: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1187

Show status.

Deprecated

true

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.showStatus

source?

optional source: Source

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:828

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.source

spellCheckDelayMs?

optional spellCheckDelayMs: number

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1192

Delay in ms after a document has changed before checking it for spelling errors.

Deprecated

true

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.spellCheckDelayMs

suggestionNumChanges?

optional suggestionNumChanges: number

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1080

The maximum number of changes allowed on a word to be considered a suggestions.

For example, appending an s onto example -> examples is considered 1 change.

Range: between 1 and 5.

Default

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.suggestionNumChanges

suggestionsTimeout?

optional suggestionsTimeout: number

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1070

The maximum amount of time in milliseconds to generate suggestions for a word.

Default

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.suggestionsTimeout

suggestWords?

optional suggestWords: string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:529

A list of suggested replacements for words. Suggested words provide a way to make preferred suggestions on word replacements. To hint at a preferred change, but not to require it.

Format of suggestWords

Single suggestion (possible auto fix)
- word: suggestion
- word->suggestion
Multiple suggestions (not auto fixable)
- word: first, second, third
- word->first, second, third

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.suggestWords

useGitignore?

optional useGitignore: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:923

Tells the spell checker to load .gitignore files and skip files that match the globs in the .gitignore files found.

Default

false

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.useGitignore

usePnP?

optional usePnP: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:1095

Packages managers like Yarn 2 use a .pnp.cjs file to assist in loading packages stored in the repository.

When true, the spell checker will search up the directory structure for the existence of a PnP file and load it.

Default

false

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.usePnP

userWords?

optional userWords: string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:849

Words to add to global dictionary -- should only be in the user config file.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.userWords

validateDirectives?

optional validateDirectives: boolean

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:931

Verify that the in-document directives are correct.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.validateDirectives

version?

optional version: Version

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:847

Configuration format version of the settings file.

This controls how the settings in the configuration file behave.

Default

"0.2"

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.version

words?

optional words: string[]

Defined in: cspell-types/dist/index.d.mts:492

List of words to be considered correct.

Inherited from

CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace.words

Extends​

Properties​

__importRef?​

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__imports?​

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$schema?​

Default​

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allowCompoundWords?​

Default​

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cache?​

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caseSensitive?​

Default​

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description?​

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dictionaries?​

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dictionaryDefinitions?​

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enabled?​

Default​

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enabledFileTypes?​

Title​

Since​

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enabledLanguageIds?​

Title​

Unique Items​

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enableFiletypes?​

Title​

Scope​

Unique Items​

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enableGlobDot?​

Default​

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failFast?​

Default​

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features?​

Since​

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files?​

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flagWords?​

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gitignoreRoot?​

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globRoot?​

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id?​

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ignorePaths?​

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ignoreRandomStrings?​

Default​

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ignoreRegExpList?​

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ignoreWords?​

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import?​

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includeRegExpList?​

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language?​

Default​

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languageId?​

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languageSettings?​

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loadDefaultConfiguration?​

Default​

Extends

Properties

__importRef?

Inherited from

__imports?

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$schema?

Default

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allowCompoundWords?

Default

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cache?

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caseSensitive?

Default

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description?

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dictionaries?

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dictionaryDefinitions?

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enabled?

Default

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enabledFileTypes?

Title

Since

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enabledLanguageIds?

Title

Unique Items

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enableFiletypes?

Title

Scope

Unique Items

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enableGlobDot?

Default

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failFast?

Default

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features?

Since

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files?

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flagWords?

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gitignoreRoot?

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globRoot?

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id?

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ignorePaths?

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ignoreRandomStrings?

Default

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ignoreRegExpList?

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ignoreWords?

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import?

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includeRegExpList?

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language?

Default

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languageId?

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languageSettings?

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loadDefaultConfiguration?

Default