vale-style-authoring-config

Vale configuration uses the `.vale.ini` file to define styles, packages, vocabularies, and format-specific settings. You can set up project-specific or global configurations, then run `vale sync` to apply them for document linting.

Vale manages custom terminology lists through Vocabularies. By defining Vocab keys in your `.vale.ini` file, you can maintain custom terminology lists that directly control how Vale evaluates and flags terms during document linting.

Vale supports linting Markdown, XML, and other text-based document formats. You map file extensions to supported formats using format-specific settings in your `.vale.ini` file, such as `[*.md]` for Markdown, to apply style rules accurately.

Vale supports sharing and extending style configurations through Packages. You can list configurations like Ghalactic and write-good under the `Packages` key in `.vale.ini` to sync, update, and apply shared style rules across different projects.

Vale might ignore custom style rules if the `StylesPath` is incorrect or the `MinAlertLevel` is set too high. Vale searches for configuration files hierarchically, so misplaced `.vale.ini` files or syntax errors in INI formatting can prevent styles from loading.