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Usage

This page provides a step-by-step guide to getting up and running with Vale Server.

Installing a style

The first step you'll need to take before using Vale Server is to ensure that you have styles available somewhere on your machine. You have a few options for doing this:

  1. You can use the dashboard to install pre-made style from our community-maintained library.

  2. You can copy or clone your own styles into the default StylesPath (select Browse Styles... from the context menu).

  3. You can specify a custom StylesPath that already contains your styles in a project (see Step 2).

Creating a project

After you've installed a style (or styles), you need to create a project. Click on the Preferences... option from the context menu and follow the instructions on creating a new project.

Using a client application

The final step is to install one of our third-party integrations. These allow you to see suggestions based on your active project while you write.

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Choosing a mode

Vale Server can run in one of three modes, as described below.

  1. Server: Vale Server will check documents solely based on the active project's configuration.

  2. Compatibility: Vale Server will check documents according to their associated local Vale configuration files while respecting the following override rules:

    • Any multi-value entry in your project's .vale.ini (for example, BasedOnStyles) will be combined with the remote entry.

    • Any single-value entry in your project's .vale.ini (for example, MinAlertLevel) will override the remote entry altogether.

  3. Command Line: Vale Server will check documents solely based on the their local Vale configurations.

You can switch between modes through the context menu's Select Mode option.