Microsoft

NOTE: This project is neither maintained nor endorsed by Microsoft.

This repository contains a Vale-compatible implementation of the Microsoft Writing Style Guide (LICENSE).

Getting Started

To get started, add the package to your configuration file (as shown below) and then run vale sync.

StylesPath = styles
MinAlertLevel = suggestion

Packages = Microsoft

[*]
BasedOnStyles = Vale, Microsoft

See Packages for more information.

Repository Structure

/Microsoft

The YAML-based rule implementations that make up our style.

/fixtures

The individual unit tests. Each directory should be named after a rule found in /Microsoft and include its own .vale.ini file that isolates its target rule.

/features

The Cucumber Step Definitions we use to test our fixtures. Essentially, we use the aruba framework to test Vale's output after running it on each of our fixture directories.

Extension Points

Check	Implementation(s)
existence	Accessibility.yml, Adverbs.yml, AMPM.yml, Auto.yml, Avoid.yml, Dashes.yml, DateFormat.yml, Ellipses.yml, FirstPerson.yml, HeadingColons.yml, HeadingPunctuation.yml, Hyphens.yml, OxfordComma.yml, Passive.yml, Quotes.yml
substitution	Backend.yml (POS tags), ComplexWords.yml, Contractions.yml, Foreign.yml, Terms.yml
occurrence	N/A
repetition	N/A
consistency	N/A
capitalization	Headings.yml
readability	N/A
conditional	Acronyms.yml
spelling	N/A