scale back "hints" vale test

[alexakreizinger]

turns out the changes I made in #2303 were a little too dramatic... 😅 so this PR scales things down a bit.

• it ONLY catches things at the start of a newline, with or without a > in front of it.
• the offending word always needs a colon after it.
• simplified the regex to be more specific about how it checks for asterisks and underscores.
• (bonus: checks for plurals in certain words like 'note')

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved hint block recognition to support case variations, plural forms, and optional formatting styles for better flexibility in documentation parsing.

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Walkthrough

The Vale styles configuration for FluentBit's hint detection patterns has been updated to replace explicit, singular token patterns with unified, case-insensitive regex patterns that support optional emphasis (bold/italic/underline), plural forms, and flexible block quote anchoring.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Change Summary
Vale style pattern generalization vale-styles/FluentBit/Hints.yml	Replaced fixed, line-anchored token patterns for notes, cautions, warnings, dangers, important, info, hints, tips, and success with broadened, case-insensitive regex patterns. New patterns support optional bold/italic/underline markup, plural/singular variants, and flexible anchoring to line start or block quote indicator (^> |^), enabling more flexible hint block recognition.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~20 minutes

• Verify that new case-insensitive regex patterns correctly match intended hint block triggers without introducing false positives
• Ensure plural and singular variants are properly recognized across all hint types
• Test optional emphasis markup (bold/italic/underline) patterns in YAML syntax context
• Confirm backward compatibility with existing hint blocks in documentation

Possibly related PRs

• expand hint-related tests #2303 — Parallel modification to the same Vale style file expanding regex patterns for note/hint/warning token detection with optional emphasis and pluralization support.

Suggested labels

4.2.1

Suggested reviewers

• cosmo0920

Poem

🐰 Patterns so rigid, now dance with flair,
Notes, hints, and warnings floating through air,
Bold, italic, plural—take any form,
Vale's style rules now flex as the norm!
Blockquotes and brackets, all welcome today, ✨

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• Commit unit tests in branch alexakreizinger/sc-158233/add-more-vale-tests-in-fluent-to-catch-note2

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