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
CAS002	title-casing	Use IEEE-style title casing.	error

Section (SEC)

Code	Name	Message	Severity
SEC001	heading-order	Do not skip section heading levels.	error

Math (MAT)

Code	Name	Message	Severity
MAT001	math-symbol-commands	Use LaTeX commands for plus-minus, assignment, comparison, and arrow symbols.	error
MAT002	math-operator-command	Use LaTeX commands for common math operators.	error
MAT003	textmu-command	Use \textmu instead of \mu.	error
MAT004	scaled-parentheses	Use \left and \right for math parentheses.	error
MAT005	ieee-math-environment	Use IEEEeqnarray in IEEE papers.	error
MAT006	matching-delimiters	Use matching brackets, parentheses, and braces.	error
MAT007	ellipsis-notation	Use LaTeX ellipsis commands instead of three periods.	error
MAT009	braced-math-scripts	Brace multi-character subscripts and superscripts.	warning
MAT010	braced-square-root	Brace square-root arguments.	warning

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
UNS004	space-before-punctuation	Remove spaces before punctuation.	error
UNS005	double-period-sentence	Avoid ending a sentence with two periods.	error
UNS006	space-after-period	Add a space after periods.	error
UNS007	dash-length	Use the appropriate dash for its context.	warning
UNS008	double-comma	Avoid using two commas in a row.	error
UNS009	abbreviation-punctuation	Use i.e., e.g., and et al. with correct punctuation.	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
REF004	label-prefix	Use the matching prefix for the label context.	error
REF005	space-before-reference	Use a hard space (~) before \ref.	error
REF006	citation-before-punctuation	Place \cite{...} before punctuation.	error
REF007	label-before-caption	Put labels after captions or first numbered items.	warning
REF008	prefer-eqref	Use \eqref{...} for equation references instead of \ref.	error
REF009	parentheses-around-eqref	Remove parentheses around \eqref; it adds them automatically.	warning
REF010	capitalize-reference-type	Capitalize the first letter of reference types before \ref.	error
REF011	space-before-citation	Use a hard space (~) before \cite.	error
REF012	eqref-non-equation-label	Use \ref instead of \eqref for non-equation labels.	error
REF013	footnote-before-punctuation	Place \footnote{...} before punctuation.	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