TeXact Rules

Some of these rules can seem like nitpicking, but users are free to disable them per their liking and, if supported, configure them.

Inthis (INT)

Code	Name	Message	Severity
INT001	abstract-first-line-this-work	Avoid ‘this work’ in the first line of the abstract.	error

Casing (CAS)

Code	Name	Message	Severity
CAS001	incorrect-casing	Incorrect casing.	error

Unsure (UNS)

Code	Name	Message	Severity
UNS001	modal-or-uncertain-word	Avoid modal or uncertain wording.	error
UNS002	excessive-we-usage	Reduce use of ‘we’ when it exceeds the configured maximum.	error
UNS003	singular-author-possessive	Use authors’ to author’s in papers.	error

RefLabel (REF)

Code	Name	Message	Severity
REF001	underscore-in-label	Use hyphens in label names.	error
REF002	undefined-label-reference	Undefined label.	error
REF003	unreferenced-label	Unreferenced label.	error

Figure (FIG)

Code	Name	Message	Severity
FIG001	invalid-figure-position	Use an empty figure position or one of [bt], [t], [b], [tb].	error
FIG002	scaled-figure-image	Avoid scaling figure images.	error
FIG003	missing-figure-label	Add a \label{...} to the figure.	error
FIG004	missing-figure-caption	Add a \caption{...} to the figure.	error
FIG005	caption-before-graphics	Place the figure caption below the graphics.	error
FIG006	inconsistent-caption-period	Use one consistent period style for all figure captions.	error
FIG007	biography-image-not-found	Add the IEEEbiography image relative to the TeX file.	error
FIG008	invalid-biography-image-ratio	Use an IEEEbiography image with a height/width ratio of 1.25.	error

ChkTeX (CHK)

CHK001 through CHK899 are reserved for native ChkTeX diagnostics with native numbers 1 through 899. Native numbers at or above 900 are mapped into a disjoint numeric range beginning at CHK1900. Their metadata and message come from ChkTeX, and they link to the shared chktex-diagnostic page.

Code	Name	Message	Severity
CHK901	chktex-not-installed	ChkTeX not installed.	warning
CHK902	chktex-config-not-found	Provide config/chktexrc or a packaged ChkTeX configuration.	error
CHK903	chktex-command-not-found	Make the ChkTeX executable available on PATH.	error
CHK904	chktex-execution-failed	Fix the ChkTeX execution failure.	error