Just bringing into attention ltex - a new language server that automatically uses installed LanguageTool

[krishnakumarg1984]

I have used vlty that is supported in VimTeX. I think it uses languagetool as the backend.

There is a brand-new language server called LTeX https://valentjn.github.io/ltex/index.html that beautifully integrates with my existing Neovim LSP setup (i.e. with diagnostics in either floating window or in a separate buffer with the awesome trouble.nvim).

LTEX provides offline grammar checking of various markup languages using LanguageTool (LT). LTEX can be used standalone as a command-line tool, as a language server using the Language Server Protocol (LSP), or directly in various editors using extensions.

LTEX currently supports BibTEX, ConTEXt, LATEX, Markdown, Org, reStructuredText, R Sweave, and XHTML documents.

While vlty is a Vim-specific backend created by its original author, LTeX works in any editor that can work as a language client. This will provide a seamless collaboration experience with other co-authors who don't use vim. i.e. both VimTeX users and non-VimTeX users will have similar experience using a common tool.

I am hesitant to make a specific feature request to ask for "support" within VimTex, without having an idea about exactly what kind of support or integration within VimTeX is possible. But having used vlty, I think this can provide equivalent (if not better) grammar checking experience within vim for LateX documents. Perhaps other interested members of this community can evaluate LTeX and discuss its potential use from within VimTeX?

PS1: There is also a separate Grammarly language that can be used within vim (I think using coc-vim). See an example here: znck/grammarly#138. I thought Grammarly was proprietary (with maybe a few free rate-limited requests/day to their API). Hence, not much interested in it personally, but nevertheless mentioning here anyway.

[lervag]

LTeX is hardly brand new, but I agree it is worth noticing.

I don't think there is any kind of integration to be had between VimTeX and ltex, except perhaps an honorary mention in the docs in the same manner as texlab - I've added this now.