Automattic / Automattic/harper
Unknown initialisms/acronyms are marked as spelling errors
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- Rust
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Description
**What got flagged?**
Multiple all-capital `RMS` (Root Mean Squared) as well as all-capital `UT` representing a domain specific acronym, are marked with "Did you mean to spell `<>` this way?"
**Why is this incorrect?**
RMS is a common engineering term of art, and user-specific initialisms and acronyms should either be treated as such or have a distinct dictionary to inform harper they are not spelling errors.
**Example of correct usage:**
N/A
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the spelling diagnostics for the all-capital terms `RMS` and `UT` and trace the acronym handling in Harper. The issue does not name files or tests; done requires agreeing on whether unknown initialisms are accepted or supported through a distinct dictionary, then verifying that these examples are no longer flagged incorrectly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100