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rumdl_lib/rules/
md088_quotes_dashes.rs

1//! Rule MD088: Replace look-alike quotes and dashes with ASCII equivalents.
2//!
3//! This rule flags all kinds of Unicode quotes and optionally dashes
4//! that are often introduced by smart-quote substitutions and rich text copy/paste,
5//! and replaces them with plain ASCII equivalents.
6
7mod md088_config;
8
9use crate::filtered_lines::FilteredLinesExt;
10use crate::lint_context::LintContext;
11use crate::rule::{Fix, FixCapability, LintError, LintResult, LintWarning, Rule, RuleCategory, Severity};
12use crate::utils::range_utils::byte_to_char_count;
13use crate::utils::skip_context::is_in_math_context;
14use crate::utils::unicode;
15use md088_config::MD088Config;
16
17/// Rule MD088: Look-alike punctuation.
18#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
19pub struct MD088QuotesDashes {
20    config: MD088Config,
21}
22
23impl Default for MD088QuotesDashes {
24    fn default() -> Self {
25        Self::from_config_struct(MD088Config::default())
26    }
27}
28
29impl MD088QuotesDashes {
30    fn from_config_struct(config: MD088Config) -> Self {
31        Self { config }
32    }
33
34    #[inline]
35    fn is_allowed(&self, c: char) -> bool {
36        self.config.allow.contains(&c)
37    }
38
39    #[inline]
40    fn replacement_for(&self, c: char) -> Option<&'static str> {
41        if self.is_allowed(c) {
42            return None;
43        }
44
45        // U+02BC MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE is deliberately absent. It is a
46        // Modifier_Letter, not punctuation: Crimean Tatar, Nenets and Chechen spell
47        // words with it, so rewriting it to ASCII changes a word rather than its
48        // typography. U+02BB, the Hawaiian okina, is the same category and is absent
49        // for the same reason.
50        match c {
51            '\u{2018}' | '\u{2019}' | '\u{201A}' | '\u{201B}' | '\u{2032}' if self.config.normalize_quotes => Some("'"),
52            '\u{201C}' | '\u{201D}' | '\u{201E}' | '\u{201F}' | '\u{2033}' if self.config.normalize_quotes => {
53                Some("\"")
54            }
55            '\u{2010}' | '\u{2011}' | '\u{2012}' | '\u{2013}' | '\u{2014}' | '\u{2015}'
56                if self.config.normalize_dashes =>
57            {
58                Some("-")
59            }
60            _ => None,
61        }
62    }
63
64    #[inline]
65    fn has_target_char(&self, ctx: &LintContext) -> bool {
66        ctx.content.chars().any(|c| self.replacement_for(c).is_some())
67    }
68}
69
70impl Rule for MD088QuotesDashes {
71    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
72        "MD088"
73    }
74
75    fn description(&self) -> &'static str {
76        "Quotes and dashes should be replaced with ASCII equivalents"
77    }
78
79    fn category(&self) -> RuleCategory {
80        RuleCategory::Whitespace
81    }
82
83    fn fix_capability(&self) -> FixCapability {
84        FixCapability::FullyFixable
85    }
86
87    fn should_skip(&self, ctx: &LintContext) -> bool {
88        ctx.content.is_empty() || !self.has_target_char(ctx)
89    }
90
91    fn check(&self, ctx: &LintContext) -> LintResult {
92        let mut warnings = Vec::new();
93
94        for line in ctx.filtered_lines().skip_front_matter().skip_code_blocks() {
95            for (byte_idx, c) in line.content.char_indices() {
96                let Some(replacement) = self.replacement_for(c) else {
97                    continue;
98                };
99
100                let absolute_byte = line.line_info.byte_offset + byte_idx;
101                if ctx.is_byte_offset_in_code_span(absolute_byte) {
102                    continue;
103                }
104
105                // Math is notation, not prose: `′` and `″` are the prime and double
106                // prime of a derivative or a unit, and their ASCII look-alikes do not
107                // typeset as primes.
108                if is_in_math_context(ctx, absolute_byte) {
109                    continue;
110                }
111
112                let column = byte_to_char_count(line.content, byte_idx);
113                let fix = if ctx.is_in_link(absolute_byte) || ctx.is_in_bare_url(absolute_byte) {
114                    None
115                } else {
116                    Some(Fix::new(
117                        ctx.line_index
118                            .line_col_to_byte_range_with_length(line.line_num, column, 1),
119                        replacement.to_string(),
120                    ))
121                };
122
123                warnings.push(LintWarning {
124                    rule_name: Some(self.name().to_string()),
125                    line: line.line_num,
126                    column,
127                    end_line: line.line_num,
128                    end_column: column + 1,
129                    severity: Severity::Warning,
130                    message: format!(
131                        "Unicode character {} ({}) should be replaced with {}",
132                        c,
133                        unicode::format_codepoint(c),
134                        replacement
135                    ),
136                    fix,
137                });
138            }
139        }
140
141        Ok(warnings)
142    }
143
144    fn fix(&self, ctx: &LintContext) -> Result<String, LintError> {
145        if self.should_skip(ctx) {
146            return Ok(ctx.content.to_string());
147        }
148
149        let warnings = self.check(ctx)?;
150        if warnings.is_empty() {
151            return Ok(ctx.content.to_string());
152        }
153
154        let warnings =
155            crate::utils::fix_utils::filter_warnings_by_inline_config(warnings, ctx.inline_config(), self.name());
156        crate::utils::fix_utils::apply_warning_fixes(ctx.content, &warnings)
157            .map_err(crate::rule::LintError::InvalidInput)
158    }
159
160    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any {
161        self
162    }
163
164    crate::impl_rule_config_methods!(MD088Config);
165}
166
167#[cfg(test)]
168mod tests {
169    use super::*;
170    use crate::config::{Config, MarkdownFlavor};
171
172    #[test]
173    fn test_detects_and_fixes_single_and_double_quotes_look_alikes() {
174        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::default();
175        let ctx = LintContext::new("It\u{2019}s \u{201C}fine\u{201D}.", MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
176
177        let warnings = rule.check(&ctx).unwrap();
178        assert_eq!(warnings.len(), 3);
179        assert!(warnings.iter().all(|w| w.fix.is_some()));
180
181        let fixed = rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap();
182        assert_eq!(fixed, "It's \"fine\".");
183    }
184
185    #[test]
186    fn test_detects_and_fixes_dash_look_alikes() {
187        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::from_config_struct(MD088Config {
188            normalize_dashes: true,
189            ..Default::default()
190        });
191        let ctx = LintContext::new(
192            "Dash variants: \u{2010}\u{2011}\u{2012}\u{2013}\u{2014}\u{2015}",
193            MarkdownFlavor::Standard,
194            None,
195        );
196
197        let warnings = rule.check(&ctx).unwrap();
198        assert_eq!(warnings.len(), 6);
199        assert!(warnings.iter().all(|w| w.fix.is_some()));
200
201        let fixed = rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap();
202        assert_eq!(fixed, "Dash variants: ------");
203    }
204
205    #[test]
206    fn test_detects_and_fixes_prime_marks() {
207        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::default();
208        let ctx = LintContext::new("Sizes: 6\u{2032} and 8\u{2033}", MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
209
210        let warnings = rule.check(&ctx).unwrap();
211        assert_eq!(warnings.len(), 2);
212        assert!(warnings.iter().all(|w| w.fix.is_some()));
213
214        let fixed = rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap();
215        assert_eq!(fixed, "Sizes: 6' and 8\"");
216    }
217
218    #[test]
219    fn test_modifier_letters_are_spelling_not_typography() {
220        // U+02BC and U+02BB are Modifier_Letter, so they spell words rather than quote
221        // them. Rewriting either to ASCII would change `Qaradenʼiz` into a different
222        // word, which no `allow` entry should be needed to prevent.
223        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::default();
224        let content = "Qaraden\u{02BC}iz and Hawai\u{02BB}i.";
225        let ctx = LintContext::new(content, MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
226
227        assert!(
228            rule.check(&ctx).unwrap().is_empty(),
229            "a modifier letter is part of a word's spelling"
230        );
231        assert_eq!(rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap(), content, "fix must not respell the words");
232
233        // Control: a real quotation mark in the same sentence is still normalized.
234        let ctx = LintContext::new("Qaraden\u{02BC}iz \u{2019}s.", MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
235        assert_eq!(rule.check(&ctx).unwrap().len(), 1);
236        assert_eq!(rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap(), "Qaraden\u{02BC}iz 's.");
237    }
238
239    #[test]
240    fn test_skips_math() {
241        // In math, `′` and `″` are prime and double prime. ASCII `'` renders as a prime
242        // but `"` does not, so normalizing changes the notation the reader sees.
243        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::default();
244        let content = "Prose \u{2019}quote.\n\n$$\nx\u{2032} = y\u{2033}\n$$\n\nInline $a\u{2033}$ too.\n";
245        let ctx = LintContext::new(content, MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
246
247        let warnings = rule.check(&ctx).unwrap();
248        assert_eq!(
249            warnings.len(),
250            1,
251            "only the prose quote is a finding, got {warnings:#?}"
252        );
253        assert_eq!(warnings[0].line, 1);
254        assert_eq!(
255            rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap(),
256            "Prose 'quote.\n\n$$\nx\u{2032} = y\u{2033}\n$$\n\nInline $a\u{2033}$ too.\n"
257        );
258
259        // Control: the same primes outside math are still normalized, so the guard is
260        // about math and not about primes.
261        let ctx = LintContext::new("Sizes: 6\u{2032} and 8\u{2033}.", MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
262        assert_eq!(rule.check(&ctx).unwrap().len(), 2);
263        assert_eq!(rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap(), "Sizes: 6' and 8\".");
264    }
265
266    #[test]
267    fn test_skips_inline_code_spans() {
268        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::default();
269        let content = "Prose \u{2019}quote and `code \u{2019}quote`";
270        let ctx = LintContext::new(content, MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
271
272        let warnings = rule.check(&ctx).unwrap();
273        assert_eq!(warnings.len(), 1);
274        assert_eq!(warnings[0].column, 7);
275        assert_eq!(rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap(), "Prose 'quote and `code \u{2019}quote`");
276    }
277
278    #[test]
279    fn test_skips_fenced_and_indented_code_blocks() {
280        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::default();
281        let content = r#"
282This is a ‘quote in prose’.
283
284```
285This is a ‘quote in fenced code block’
286```
287
288    This is a ‘quote in indented code block’
289"#;
290        let ctx = LintContext::new(content, MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
291
292        let warnings = rule.check(&ctx).unwrap();
293        assert_eq!(warnings.len(), 2);
294        assert_eq!(
295            rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap(),
296            r#"
297This is a 'quote in prose'.
298
299```
300This is a ‘quote in fenced code block’
301```
302
303    This is a ‘quote in indented code block’
304"#
305        );
306    }
307
308    #[test]
309    fn test_no_findings_for_plain_ascii_quotes() {
310        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::default();
311        let content = "He said, \"it's fine\".";
312        let ctx = LintContext::new(content, MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
313
314        let warnings = rule.check(&ctx).unwrap();
315        assert!(warnings.is_empty());
316        assert_eq!(rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap(), content);
317    }
318
319    #[test]
320    fn test_allow_list_keeps_configured_codepoints() {
321        let config: Config = toml::from_str(
322            r#"
323            [MD088]
324            allow = ["U+2019", "U+2014"]
325            "#,
326        )
327        .unwrap();
328
329        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::from_config(&config);
330        let rule = rule.as_any().downcast_ref::<MD088QuotesDashes>().unwrap();
331
332        let content = "It\u{2019}s \u{2014} and \u{201C}quoted\u{201D}";
333        let ctx = LintContext::new(content, MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
334        let fixed = rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap();
335
336        assert_eq!(fixed, "It\u{2019}s \u{2014} and \"quoted\"");
337    }
338
339    #[test]
340    fn test_reports_but_does_not_fix_bare_urls() {
341        let config: Config = toml::from_str(
342            r#"
343            [MD088]
344            normalize-quotes = true
345            normalize-dashes = true
346            "#,
347        )
348        .unwrap();
349
350        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::from_config(&config);
351        let rule = rule.as_any().downcast_ref::<MD088QuotesDashes>().unwrap();
352
353        let content = "Visit https://this\u{2010}site.com and \u{201C}enjoy\u{201D}!.";
354        let ctx = LintContext::new(content, MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
355
356        let warnings = rule.check(&ctx).unwrap();
357        assert_eq!(warnings.len(), 3, "Expected 3 warnings, got {warnings:#?}");
358
359        let url_warning = warnings.iter().find(|w| w.column > 10).unwrap();
360        assert!(url_warning.fix.is_none());
361
362        let fixed = rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap();
363        assert_eq!(fixed, "Visit https://this\u{2010}site.com and \"enjoy\"!.");
364    }
365
366    #[test]
367    fn test_reports_but_does_not_fix_findings_in_link_destinations() {
368        let rule = MD088QuotesDashes::from_config_struct(MD088Config {
369            normalize_quotes: true,
370            normalize_dashes: true,
371            ..Default::default()
372        });
373        let rule = rule.as_any().downcast_ref::<MD088QuotesDashes>().unwrap();
374
375        let content = "[link](https://example\u{2010}\u{2018}.com) and prose \u{2010}.";
376        let ctx = LintContext::new(content, MarkdownFlavor::Standard, None);
377
378        let warnings = rule.check(&ctx).unwrap();
379        assert_eq!(warnings.len(), 3, "Expected 3 warnings, got {warnings:#?}");
380
381        let fixed = rule.fix(&ctx).unwrap();
382        assert_eq!(fixed, "[link](https://example\u{2010}\u{2018}.com) and prose -.");
383    }
384}