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# Electron Documentation Styleguide
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-These are the ways that we construct the Electron documentation.
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+These are the guidelines for writing Electron documentation.
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## Titles
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Each page has only one `#`-level title on the top, following chapters in the
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same page must have `##`-level titles, and sub-chapters need to increase the
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-number of `#` in title according to its nesting depth.
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+number of `#` in the title according to its nesting depth.
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For the page's title, all words must be capitalized, for other chapters, only
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the first word has to be capitalized.
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## Markdown rules
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-* Use `bash` instead of `cmd` in code blocks (because of syntax highlighter).
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-* Line length is 80-column wrapped.
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-* No nesting lists more than 2 levels (unfortunately because of markdown
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- renderer).
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+* Use `bash` instead of `cmd` in code blocks (due to the syntax highlighter).
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+* Lines should be wrapped at 80 columns.
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+* No nesting lists more than 2 levels (due to the markdown renderer).
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## Picking words
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## API references
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-Following rules only apply to documentations of APIs.
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+The following rules only apply to the documentation of APIs.
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### Page title
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Each page must use the actual object name returned by `require('electron')`
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-as name, like `BrowserWindow`, `autoUpdater`, `session`.
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+as the title, such as `BrowserWindow`, `autoUpdater`, `session`, etc.
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Under the page tile must be a one-line description starting with `>`.
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For modules that are not classes, their methods and events must be listed under
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`## Methods` and `## Events` chapters.
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-Using `autoUpdater` as example:
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+Using `autoUpdater` as an example:
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```markdown
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# autoUpdater
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### Classes
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-For APIs that exists as classes, or for classes that are parts of modules, they
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-must listed under `## Class: TheClassName` chapter. One page can have multiple
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+For APIs that exists as classes, or for classes that are part of modules, they
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+must listed under a `## Class: TheClassName` chapter. One page can have multiple
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classes.
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If the class has constructors, they must be listed with `###`-level titles.
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The methods, events and properties of a class must be listed under
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-`### Instance Methods`, `### Instance Events` and `Instance Properties`
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+`### Instance Methods`, `### Instance Events`, and `Instance Properties`
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chapters.
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-Using `Session`, `Cookies` classes as example:
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+Using `Session`, `Cookies` classes as an example:
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```markdown
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# session
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### Methods
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-The chapter of method must be in the following form:
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+The methods chapter must be in the following form:
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```markdown
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### `objectName.methodName(required[, optional]))`
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```
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The title can be `###` or `####`-levels depending on whether it is a method of
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-module or class.
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+a module or a class.
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For modules, the `objectName` is the module's name, for classes, it must be the
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-name of instance of the class, and must not be same with the module's name.
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+name of the instance of the class, and must not be the same as the module's
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+name.
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-For example, the methods of `Session` class under `session` module must use
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-`ses` as `objectName`.
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+For example, the methods of the `Session` class under the `session` module must
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+use `ses` as the `objectName`.
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The optional arguments are notated by brackets surrounding the optional argument
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as well as the comma required if this optional argument follows another
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Below the method is more detailed information on each of the arguments. The type
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of argument is notated by either the common types:
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-[`String`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String),
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-[`Number`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number),
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-[`Object`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object),
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-[`Array`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array)
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-or a custom type like Electron's [`WebContent`](api/web-content.md).
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+
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+- [`String`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)
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+- [`Number`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number)
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+- [`Object`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)
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+- [`Array`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array)
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+- Or a custom type like Electron's [`WebContent`](api/web-content.md)
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If an argument or a method is unique to certain platforms, those platforms are
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denoted using a space-delimited italicized list following the datatype. Values
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can be `macOS`, `Windows`, or `Linux`.
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-``` markdown
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+```markdown
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* `animate` Boolean (optional) _macOS_ _Windows_
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```
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-For argument with `Array` type, it must be classified what elements the array
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-may include in the description below.
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+For any argument with `Array` type, it must be classified what elements the
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+array may include in the description below.
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-For argument with `Function` type, the description should make it clear how it
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-may be called and list the types of the arguments that passed to it.
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+For any argument with `Function` type, the description should make it clear how
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+it may be called and list the types of the arguments that will be passed to it.
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### Events
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-The chapter of event must be in following form:
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+The events chapter must be in following form:
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```markdown
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### Event: 'wake-up'
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```
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The title can be `###` or `####`-levels depending on whether it is an event of
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-module or class.
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+a module or a class.
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-The arguments of an event have the same rules with methods.
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+The arguments of an event have the same rules as methods.
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### Properties
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-The chapter of property must be in following form:
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+The properties chapter must be in following form:
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```markdown
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### session.defaultSession
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@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ The chapter of property must be in following form:
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```
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The title can be `###` or `####`-levels depending on whether it is a property of
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-module or class.
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+a module or a class.
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## Documentation Translations
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