FontBureau · graphicore · Jul 22, 2026 · Jul 22, 2026 · Jul 22, 2026 · Jul 22, 2026
diff --git a/docs/planning/design-analysis-self-describing-widget-setup.md b/docs/planning/design-analysis-self-describing-widget-setup.md
@@ -99,23 +99,20 @@ resolves those needs at construction time.
 
 ```javascript
 export class UIToggleButton extends _BaseComponent {
-    // jshint ignore:start
     static REQUIREMENTS = [
         require('settings:internalPropertyName', 'boolean')
       , require('classToken')
       , require('label', val=>`turn ${val} off`)
       , require('label', val=>`turn ${val} on`)
       , require('label', val=>`Toggle ${val}`)
     ];
-    // jshint ignore:end
 
     constructor(widgetBus, classToken, labelIsOn, labelIsOff, title) { ... }
 }
 ```
 
 ```javascript
 export class UIColorChooser extends _BaseContainerComponent {
-    // jshint ignore:start
     static REQUIREMENTS = [
         require('settings:rootPath')
       , require('zones')
@@ -124,7 +121,6 @@ export class UIColorChooser extends _BaseContainerComponent {
       , require('updateDefaultsDependencies')
       , require('raw:requireUpdateDefaults')
     ];
-    // jshint ignore:end
 
     constructor(widgetBus, zones, label, getDefault,
                 updateDefaultsDependencies, requireUpdateDefaults) { ... }

diff --git a/lib/js/affixed-line-breaks.mjs b/lib/js/affixed-line-breaks.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true */
-
-
 /**
  * Setting the widest wdth/wght/opsz combination the font can handle.
  */

diff --git a/lib/js/char-groups-data.mjs b/lib/js/char-groups-data.mjs
@@ -1,28 +1,10 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, module:true, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-
-import {
-    deepFreeze
-} from './util.mjs';
+import { deepFreeze } from './util.mjs';
 
 // NOTE: the glyph-groups name is historical, the data in fact defines
 // character/char-codes that map to glyphs in the font and in text shaping,
 // calling it "glyphs" is the wrog term.
-const charGroupsURL = import.meta.resolve('../assets/glyph-groups.json')
-    // jsHint warns here:
-    //    "Expected an identifier and instead saw 'await' (a reserved word)."
-    // this should be resolved in jshint in the future, maybe with the
-    // option "esversion: 13" when available. the "ignore:start/end" can be
-    // removed then.
-    // See: https://github.com/jshint/jshint/issues/3447
-    // Also waiting for: https://v8.dev/features/import-assertions
-    // import json from './foo.json' assert { type: 'json' };
-    // https://github.com/jshint/jshint/issues/3580
-  , charGroupsData = deepFreeze(
-        //jshint ignore:start
-        await
-        // jshint ignore:end
-        fetch(charGroupsURL).then(response=>response.json())
-    )
-  ;
+import json from '../assets/glyph-groups.json' with { type: 'json' };
+
+const charGroupsData = deepFreeze(json);
 
 export default charGroupsData;
diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/active-actors-rendering-controller.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/active-actors-rendering-controller.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
 import {
     Path
 } from '../../metamodel.mjs';

diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/actors-base.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/actors-base.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
-
 import {
     ForeignKey
   , CoherenceFunction

diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/actors-meta.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/actors-meta.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
 import {
     Path
 } from '../../metamodel.mjs';
@@ -20,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 }  from '../animation-animanion.mjs';
 
 class ActorsMeta extends _BaseDynamicCollectionContainerComponent {
-    [HANDLE_CHANGED_AS_NEW] = true; // jshint ignore:line
+    [HANDLE_CHANGED_AS_NEW] = true;
      constructor(widgetBus, zones, initAnimanionFn, isInheritingPropertyFn
             , widgets=[]) {
         super(widgetBus, zones, widgets);

diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/available-actors.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/available-actors.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
-
 import {
   _AbstractSimpleOrEmptyModel
 } from '../../metamodel.mjs';

diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/layer.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/layer.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
-
 import {
     _BaseActorModel
   , ActorsModel

diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/line-of-text.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/line-of-text.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
-
 import {
     _BaseActorModel
   , genericActorMixin
@@ -49,9 +45,7 @@ export const LineOfTextActorModel = _BaseActorModel.createClass(
 );
 
 export class LineOfTextActorRenderer  extends _BaseComponent {
-    // jshint ignore:start
      static TEMPLATE = `<span class="actor_renderer-line_of_text">(content not initialized)</span>`;
-    // jshint ignore:end
     constructor(widgetBus) {
         super(widgetBus);
         [this.element] = this.initTemplate();

diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/models.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/models.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
-
 import {
     ForeignKey
   // , unwrapPotentialWriteProxy

diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/properties-util.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/properties-util.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
-
 import {
     validateOpenTypeTagString
 } from '../../util.mjs';

diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/simple-svg.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/simple-svg.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
-
 import {
     _BaseActorModel
   , genericActorMixin
@@ -60,13 +56,11 @@ export const CircleActorModel = _BaseActorModel.createClass(
   ;
 
 export class CircleActorRenderer extends _BaseComponent {
-    // jshint ignore:start
      static TEMPLATE = `<svg
     viewBox="0 0 0 0"
 >
     <circle cx="0" cy="0" r="0" />
 </svg>`;
-    // jshint ignore:end
     constructor(widgetBus) {
         super(widgetBus);
         [this.element, this.circle] = this.initTemplate();
@@ -129,13 +123,11 @@ export class CircleActorRenderer extends _BaseComponent {
 }
 
 export class RectangleActorRenderer extends _BaseComponent {
-    // jshint ignore:start
      static TEMPLATE = `<svg
     viewBox="0 0 0 0"
 >
     <rect width="0" height="0" />
 </svg>`;
-    // jshint ignore:end
     constructor(widgetBus) {
         super(widgetBus);
         [this.element, this.shape] = this.initTemplate();

diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/stage.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/stage.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
-
 import {
     StaticNode
 } from '../generic.mjs';

diff --git a/lib/js/components/actors/videoproof-array.mjs b/lib/js/components/actors/videoproof-array.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, module: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true, elision: true*/
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-/* jshint -W028 */ // labels on if statement
-
 import {
     zip
 } from '../../util.mjs';
@@ -215,9 +211,7 @@ function _getCellContents(charGroupsData, fonts, propertyValuesMap, previousStat
 }
 
 export class VideoproofArrayActorRenderer extends _BaseComponent {
-    // jshint ignore:start
      static TEMPLATE = `<div class="actor_renderer-videoproof_array fixed-line-breaks">(content not initialized)</div>`;
-    // jshint ignore:end
     constructor(widgetBus, charGroupsData) {
         super(widgetBus);
         // This is attached to the ModelType, so we don't have to hard
@@ -411,9 +405,7 @@ export const VideoproofArrayV2ActorModel = _BaseActorModel.createClass(
 );
 
 export class VideoproofArrayV2CellActorRenderer extends _BaseComponent {
-    // jshint ignore:start
      static TEMPLATE = `<div class="actor_renderer-videoproof_array_v2-cell">[?]</div>`;
-    // jshint ignore:end
     constructor(widgetBus) {
         super(widgetBus);
         [this.element] = this.initTemplate();
@@ -629,9 +621,7 @@ export class Pointer32StackAlloc {
  * also only defines those methods.
  */
 export class VideoproofArrayV2ActorRenderer extends _BaseContainerComponent {
-    // jshint ignore:start
     static TEMPLATE = `<div class="actor_renderer-videoproof_array_v2"></div>`;
-    // jshint ignore:end
     constructor(widgetBus, _zones, charGroupsData) {
         widgetBus.wrapper.setProtocolHandlerImplementation(
             ...SimpleProtocolHandler.create('cellContent@', {treatAdressAsRootPath: false}));

diff --git a/lib/js/components/animation-animanion.mjs b/lib/js/components/animation-animanion.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true */
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-
 import {
     zip
   , enumerate
@@ -467,7 +464,7 @@ const _NOTDEF = Symbol('_NOTDEF');
  *      innerAnimanion = new Animanion(outerAnimanion, axisLocationsGen, keyMoments, isLoop);
  */
 export class LocalScopeAnimanion {
-    static _NOTDEF = _NOTDEF // jshint ignore:line
+    static _NOTDEF = _NOTDEF
     constructor(propertiesGenerators, keyMoments, isLoop) {
         this._propertiesGenerators = propertiesGenerators;
         this.keyMoments = keyMoments;
@@ -713,13 +710,13 @@ export class LocalScopeAnimanion {
 }
 
 export class HierarchicalScopeAnimanion {
-    static _NOTDEF = Symbol('_NOTDEF'); // jshint ignore:line
+    static _NOTDEF = Symbol('_NOTDEF');
 
     /**
      * Can be used as an argument to getPropertiesFromGlobalT,
      * getLocalTs, and getLocalT
      */
-    static LAST_T = Symbol('LAST_T'); // jshint ignore:line
+    static LAST_T = Symbol('LAST_T');
     get LAST_T() {
         return this.constructor.LAST_T;
     }
@@ -903,7 +900,6 @@ export class AnimationLiveProperties extends _BaseComponent {
      * (outerAnimanion, propertiesGenerator, keyMoments, isLoop);
      */
     _initAnimanion(keyMoments, isLoop/*, parentProperties=null*/) {
-        // jshint unused:vars
         throw new Error(`NOT IMPLEMENTED _initAnimanion(${keyMoments}, ${isLoop})`);
     }
 
@@ -1076,15 +1072,13 @@ export class AnimationLiveProperties extends _BaseComponent {
  * This is mainly for development/debugging.
  */
 export class AnimationInfo extends _BaseComponent {
-    //jshint ignore:start
     static TEMPLATE = `<div class="animation_info">
         <h3>Animation Info</h3>
         <h4>Basic Fields</h4>
         <ol class="animation_info-basic_fields"></ol>
         <h4>Animated Properties</h4>
         <ol class="animation_info-properties"></ol>
 </div>`;
-    //jshint ignore:end
     constructor(widgetBus) {
         super(widgetBus);
         this._basicKeys = ['t', 'duration', 'isLoop', 'perpetual', 'playing'];

diff --git a/lib/js/components/animation-fundamentals.mjs b/lib/js/components/animation-fundamentals.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true */
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-
 import {
   //  Path
   //, getEntry

diff --git a/lib/js/components/animation-t-generator.mjs b/lib/js/components/animation-t-generator.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/* jshint esversion: 11, browser: true, unused:true, undef:true, laxcomma: true, laxbreak: true, devel: true */
-/* jshint -W008 */ // leading dot in decimals...
-
 import {
     _BaseComponent
 } from './basics.mjs';
@@ -153,7 +150,7 @@ export class AnimationTGenerator extends _BaseComponent {
     }
 
     _setRunning(isRunning) {
-        if(this._running === !!isRunning) // jshint ignore:line
+        if(this._running === !!isRunning)
             return;
 
         // changed

diff --git a/lib/js/components/axes-math.mjs b/lib/js/components/axes-math.mjs
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ export class UIAxesMathLocationValue extends _UIBaseList.UIItem {
     static TYPE_CLASS_PART = null;
     static ITEM_DATA_TRANSFER_TYPE_PATH = DATA_TRANSFER_TYPES.AXESMATH_LOCATION_VALUE_PATH;
 
-    // jshint ignore: start
     static TEMPLATE = `<div
         tabindex="0"
         ><!-- insert: label-element --><!-- insert: drag-handle --><select
@@ -515,7 +514,6 @@ export class UIAxesMathLocationValue extends _UIBaseList.UIItem {
                 step="0.01"
                 size="5"
         /><output>(UNINITIALIZED)</output></div>`;
-    // jshint ignore: end
     _initTemplate() {
         const element = this._domTool.createFragmentFromHTML(this.constructor.TEMPLATE).firstElementChild
             , selectLogicalValue = element.querySelector('select')
@@ -649,13 +647,11 @@ class UIAxesMathAxisTagChange extends _UIBaseMap.UIKeyChange /* is UIBaseMapKeyC
 }
 
 class _UIBaseAxesMap extends _UIBaseMap {
-    // jshint ignore: start
     static ROOT_CLASS = `ui_axes_math-map`
     static BASE_CLASSES = [...super.BASE_CLASSES, super.ROOT_CLASS]
     static UIKeyCreate = UIAxesMathAxisTagCreate;
     static UIKeyChange = UIAxesMathAxisTagChange;
     static KEY_ADD_BUTTON_LABEL = 'add tag';
-    // jshint ignore: end
     _validateKeyString(key) {
         const [valid, message] = super._validateKeyString(key);
         if(!valid)
@@ -905,15 +901,13 @@ class UIAxesMathLocationsSum extends _UIBaseList {
 }
 
 class UIKeyMomentsLinkNavigation extends _BaseComponent {
-    // jshint ignore: start
     static TEMPLATE = `<div class="ui_key_moments_link_navigation">
 <h4 class="ui_key_moments_link_navigation-label"><!-- insert: label --></h4>
 <ol class="ui_key_moments_link_navigation-list"></ol>
 </div>`;
     static ITEM_TEMPLATE = `<li class="ui_key_moments_link_navigation-list_item"
     ><a class="ui_key_moments_link_navigation-list_item-input"
         ><!-- insert: label --></a></li>`;
-    // jshint ignore: end
     constructor(widgetBus, label=null) {
         super(widgetBus);
         this._inputToKey = new Map();