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

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

The goal is to showcase how to build and maintain a full-featured style guide for Vale, including many examples of using extension points and a test suite using Cucumber, yamllint, and Travis CI.

Getting Started

❗ Microsoft requires Vale >= 1.7.0. ❗

Download the latest release, copy the "Microsoft" directory to your StylesPath, and include it in your configuration file:

# This goes in a file named either `.vale.ini` or `_vale.ini`.
StylesPath = path/to/some/directory
MinAlertLevel = warning # suggestion, warning or error

# Only Markdown and .txt files; change to whatever you're using.
[*.{md,txt}]
# List of styles to load.
BasedOnStyles = Microsoft

See Usage 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