Remove LanguageTool (other than self-hosting)

jonah · May 7, 2025, 3:39am

Drafted this change on GitHub:

github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org

update!: Add LTeX for VS Code and remove LanguageTool

main ← ltex-vscode

opened 03:39AM - 07 May 25 UTC

jonaharagon

+131 -27

List of changes proposed in this PR: - Remove LanguageTool: FORUM-26683 - Ad…d LTeX for VSCode - This is a LanguageTool-based extension that defaults to downloading and running a fully self-hosted version of LanguageTool completely offline. It is also the only fully self-hosted install of LanguageTool that I have personally tested, and we use it already in our default VSCode config: https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/blob/b2251c7b67aaa8369a82c341f9cfdbfd04a7f3da/.vscode/extensions.json#L30 - I'm not suggesting this is a full LanguageTool replacement in itself, but I am suggesting that we add more recommendations _similar to this one_ (ones that _bundle_ LanguageTool self-hosted) in future PRs, instead of blanket recommending LanguageTool itself, due to concerns with the cloud version of LT. So this PR is just a starting point.

The PR here suggests only recommending LanguageTool-based extensions that actually bundle self-hosted LanguageTool by default (such as—but not limited to—LTeX for VSCode). If they simply use LanguageTool’s cloud servers we shouldn’t recommend them.

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