docs: use asterisks for unordered lists (#26552)

CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 As a member project of the OpenJS Foundation, Electron uses [Contributor Covenant v2.0](https://contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct) as their code of conduct. The full text is included [below](#contributor-covenant-code-of-conduct) in English, and translations are available from the Contributor Covenant organisation:
 
-- [contributor-covenant.org/translations](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations)
+* [contributor-covenant.org/translations](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations)
-- [github.com/ContributorCovenant](https://github.com/ContributorCovenant/contributor_covenant/tree/release/content/version/2/0)
+* [github.com/ContributorCovenant](https://github.com/ContributorCovenant/contributor_covenant/tree/release/content/version/2/0)
 
 ## Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
 

docs/api/command-line-switches.md

@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ Forces the maximum disk space to be used by the disk cache, in bytes.
 
 Enables caller stack logging for the following APIs (filtering events):
 
-- `desktopCapturer.getSources()` / `desktop-capturer-get-sources`
+* `desktopCapturer.getSources()` / `desktop-capturer-get-sources`
-- `remote.require()` / `remote-require`
+* `remote.require()` / `remote-require`
-- `remote.getGlobal()` / `remote-get-builtin`
+* `remote.getGlobal()` / `remote-get-builtin`
-- `remote.getBuiltin()` / `remote-get-global`
+* `remote.getBuiltin()` / `remote-get-global`
-- `remote.getCurrentWindow()` / `remote-get-current-window`
+* `remote.getCurrentWindow()` / `remote-get-current-window`
-- `remote.getCurrentWebContents()` / `remote-get-current-web-contents`
+* `remote.getCurrentWebContents()` / `remote-get-current-web-contents`
 
 ### --enable-logging
 

docs/api/process.md

@@ -12,28 +12,28 @@ It adds the following events, properties, and methods:
 
 In sandboxed renderers the `process` object contains only a subset of the APIs:
 
-- `crash()`
+* `crash()`
-- `hang()`
+* `hang()`
-- `getCreationTime()`
+* `getCreationTime()`
-- `getHeapStatistics()`
+* `getHeapStatistics()`
-- `getBlinkMemoryInfo()`
+* `getBlinkMemoryInfo()`
-- `getProcessMemoryInfo()`
+* `getProcessMemoryInfo()`
-- `getSystemMemoryInfo()`
+* `getSystemMemoryInfo()`
-- `getSystemVersion()`
+* `getSystemVersion()`
-- `getCPUUsage()`
+* `getCPUUsage()`
-- `getIOCounters()`
+* `getIOCounters()`
-- `argv`
+* `argv`
-- `execPath`
+* `execPath`
-- `env`
+* `env`
-- `pid`
+* `pid`
-- `arch`
+* `arch`
-- `platform`
+* `platform`
-- `sandboxed`
+* `sandboxed`
-- `type`
+* `type`
-- `version`
+* `version`
-- `versions`
+* `versions`
-- `mas`
+* `mas`
-- `windowsStore`
+* `windowsStore`
 
 ## Events
 

docs/api/remote.md

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ you can use [webContents.executeJavaScript](web-contents.md#contentsexecutejavas
 
 **Note:** The remote module can be disabled for security reasons in the following contexts:
 
-- [`BrowserWindow`](browser-window.md) - by setting the `enableRemoteModule` option to `false`.
+* [`BrowserWindow`](browser-window.md) - by setting the `enableRemoteModule` option to `false`.
-- [`<webview>`](webview-tag.md) - by setting the `enableremotemodule` attribute to `false`.
+* [`<webview>`](webview-tag.md) - by setting the `enableremotemodule` attribute to `false`.
 
 ## Remote Objects
 

docs/api/session.md

@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ Returns:
 Emitted after an extension is loaded. This occurs whenever an extension is
 added to the "enabled" set of extensions. This includes:
 
-- Extensions being loaded from `Session.loadExtension`.
+* Extensions being loaded from `Session.loadExtension`.
-- Extensions being reloaded:
+* Extensions being reloaded:
   * from a crash.
   * if the extension requested it ([`chrome.runtime.reload()`](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/runtime#method-reload)).
 

docs/api/window-open.md

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 There are several ways to control how windows are created from trusted or
 untrusted content within a renderer. Windows can be created from the renderer in two ways:
 
-- clicking on links or submitting forms adorned with `target=_blank`
+* clicking on links or submitting forms adorned with `target=_blank`
-- JavaScript calling `window.open()`
+* JavaScript calling `window.open()`
 
 In non-sandboxed renderers, or when `nativeWindowOpen` is false (the default), this results in the creation of a
 [`BrowserWindowProxy`](browser-window-proxy.md), a light wrapper around

docs/breaking-changes.md

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Breaking changes will be documented here, and deprecation warnings added to JS c
 
 This document uses the following convention to categorize breaking changes:
 
-- **API Changed:** An API was changed in such a way that code that has not been updated is guaranteed to throw an exception.
+* **API Changed:** An API was changed in such a way that code that has not been updated is guaranteed to throw an exception.
-- **Behavior Changed:** The behavior of Electron has changed, but not in such a way that an exception will necessarily be thrown.
+* **Behavior Changed:** The behavior of Electron has changed, but not in such a way that an exception will necessarily be thrown.
-- **Default Changed:** Code depending on the old default may break, not necessarily throwing an exception. The old behavior can be restored by explicitly specifying the value.
+* **Default Changed:** Code depending on the old default may break, not necessarily throwing an exception. The old behavior can be restored by explicitly specifying the value.
-- **Deprecated:** An API was marked as deprecated. The API will continue to function, but will emit a deprecation warning, and will be removed in a future release.
+* **Deprecated:** An API was marked as deprecated. The API will continue to function, but will emit a deprecation warning, and will be removed in a future release.
-- **Removed:** An API or feature was removed, and is no longer supported by Electron.
+* **Removed:** An API or feature was removed, and is no longer supported by Electron.
 
 ## Planned Breaking API Changes (13.0)
 
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ For more details see: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/23506
 The following `crashReporter` methods are no longer available in the renderer
 process:
 
-- `crashReporter.start`
+* `crashReporter.start`
-- `crashReporter.getLastCrashReport`
+* `crashReporter.getLastCrashReport`
-- `crashReporter.getUploadedReports`
+* `crashReporter.getUploadedReports`
-- `crashReporter.getUploadToServer`
+* `crashReporter.getUploadToServer`
-- `crashReporter.setUploadToServer`
+* `crashReporter.setUploadToServer`
-- `crashReporter.getCrashesDirectory`
+* `crashReporter.getCrashesDirectory`
 
 They should be called only from the main process.
 
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ app.getPath('crashDumps')
 Calling the following `crashReporter` methods from the renderer process is
 deprecated:
 
-- `crashReporter.start`
+* `crashReporter.start`
-- `crashReporter.getLastCrashReport`
+* `crashReporter.getLastCrashReport`
-- `crashReporter.getUploadedReports`
+* `crashReporter.getUploadedReports`
-- `crashReporter.getUploadToServer`
+* `crashReporter.getUploadToServer`
-- `crashReporter.setUploadToServer`
+* `crashReporter.setUploadToServer`
-- `crashReporter.getCrashesDirectory`
+* `crashReporter.getCrashesDirectory`
 
 The only non-deprecated methods remaining in the `crashReporter` module in the
 renderer are `addExtraParameter`, `removeExtraParameter` and `getParameters`.
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ Clone Algorithm][SCA], the same algorithm used to serialize messages for
 `postMessage`. This brings about a 2x performance improvement for large
 messages, but also brings some breaking changes in behavior.
 
-- Sending Functions, Promises, WeakMaps, WeakSets, or objects containing any
+* Sending Functions, Promises, WeakMaps, WeakSets, or objects containing any
   such values, over IPC will now throw an exception, instead of silently
   converting the functions to `undefined`.
 
@@ -328,21 +328,21 @@ ipcRenderer.send('channel', { value: 3, someFunction: () => {} })
 // => throws Error("() => {} could not be cloned.")
 ```
 
-- `NaN`, `Infinity` and `-Infinity` will now be correctly serialized, instead
+* `NaN`, `Infinity` and `-Infinity` will now be correctly serialized, instead
   of being converted to `null`.
-- Objects containing cyclic references will now be correctly serialized,
+* Objects containing cyclic references will now be correctly serialized,
   instead of being converted to `null`.
-- `Set`, `Map`, `Error` and `RegExp` values will be correctly serialized,
+* `Set`, `Map`, `Error` and `RegExp` values will be correctly serialized,
   instead of being converted to `{}`.
-- `BigInt` values will be correctly serialized, instead of being converted to
+* `BigInt` values will be correctly serialized, instead of being converted to
   `null`.
-- Sparse arrays will be serialized as such, instead of being converted to dense
+* Sparse arrays will be serialized as such, instead of being converted to dense
   arrays with `null`s.
-- `Date` objects will be transferred as `Date` objects, instead of being
+* `Date` objects will be transferred as `Date` objects, instead of being
   converted to their ISO string representation.
-- Typed Arrays (such as `Uint8Array`, `Uint16Array`, `Uint32Array` and so on)
+* Typed Arrays (such as `Uint8Array`, `Uint16Array`, `Uint32Array` and so on)
   will be transferred as such, instead of being converted to Node.js `Buffer`.
-- Node.js `Buffer` objects will be transferred as `Uint8Array`s. You can
+* Node.js `Buffer` objects will be transferred as `Uint8Array`s. You can
   convert a `Uint8Array` back to a Node.js `Buffer` by wrapping the underlying
   `ArrayBuffer`:
 

docs/development/coding-style.md

@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ formatted correctly.
 
 Electron APIs uses the same capitalization scheme as Node.js:
 
-- When the module itself is a class like `BrowserWindow`, use `PascalCase`.
+* When the module itself is a class like `BrowserWindow`, use `PascalCase`.
-- When the module is a set of APIs, like `globalShortcut`, use `camelCase`.
+* When the module is a set of APIs, like `globalShortcut`, use `camelCase`.
-- When the API is a property of object, and it is complex enough to be in a
+* When the API is a property of object, and it is complex enough to be in a
   separate chapter like `win.webContents`, use `mixedCase`.
-- For other non-module APIs, use natural titles, like `<webview> Tag` or
+* For other non-module APIs, use natural titles, like `<webview> Tag` or
   `Process Object`.
 
 When creating a new API, it is preferred to use getters and setters instead of

docs/development/pull-requests.md

@@ -91,29 +91,29 @@ Before a pull request can be merged, it **must** have a pull request title with
 
 Examples of commit messages with semantic prefixes:
 
-- `fix: don't overwrite prevent_default if default wasn't prevented`
+* `fix: don't overwrite prevent_default if default wasn't prevented`
-- `feat: add app.isPackaged() method`
+* `feat: add app.isPackaged() method`
-- `docs: app.isDefaultProtocolClient is now available on Linux`
+* `docs: app.isDefaultProtocolClient is now available on Linux`
 
 Common prefixes:
 
-- fix: A bug fix
+* fix: A bug fix
-- feat: A new feature
+* feat: A new feature
-- docs: Documentation changes
+* docs: Documentation changes
-- test: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests
+* test: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests
-- build: Changes that affect the build system
+* build: Changes that affect the build system
-- ci: Changes to our CI configuration files and scripts
+* ci: Changes to our CI configuration files and scripts
-- perf: A code change that improves performance
+* perf: A code change that improves performance
-- refactor: A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
+* refactor: A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
-- style: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (linting)
+* style: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (linting)
-- vendor: Bumping a dependency like libchromiumcontent or node
+* vendor: Bumping a dependency like libchromiumcontent or node
 
 Other things to keep in mind when writing a commit message:
 
 1. The first line should:
-   - contain a short description of the change (preferably 50 characters or less,
+   * contain a short description of the change (preferably 50 characters or less,
      and no more than 72 characters)
-   - be entirely in lowercase with the exception of proper nouns, acronyms, and
+   * be entirely in lowercase with the exception of proper nouns, acronyms, and
    the words that refer to code, like function/variable names
 2. Keep the second line blank.
 3. Wrap all other lines at 72 columns.

docs/styleguide.md

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ For API references, there are exceptions to this rule.
 * No nesting lists more than 2 levels (due to the markdown renderer).
 * All `js` and `javascript` code blocks are linted with
 [standard-markdown](https://www.npmjs.com/package/standard-markdown).
+* For unordered lists, use asterisks instead of dashes
 
 ## Picking words
 

docs/tutorial/code-signing.md

@@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ it may be worth your time to shop around. Popular resellers include:
 
 There are a number of tools for signing your packaged app:
 
-- [`electron-winstaller`] will generate an installer for windows and sign it for
+* [`electron-winstaller`] will generate an installer for windows and sign it for
   you
-- [`electron-forge`] can sign installers it generates through the
+* [`electron-forge`] can sign installers it generates through the
   Squirrel.Windows or MSI targets.
-- [`electron-builder`] can sign some of its windows targets
+* [`electron-builder`] can sign some of its windows targets
 
 ## Windows Store
 

docs/tutorial/electron-versioning.md

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ We seek to increase clarity at all levels of the update and releases process. St
 
 # Versioned `master`
 
-- The `master` branch will always contain the next major version `X.0.0-nightly.DATE` in its `package.json`
+* The `master` branch will always contain the next major version `X.0.0-nightly.DATE` in its `package.json`
-- Release branches are never merged back to master
+* Release branches are never merged back to master
-- Release branches _do_ contain the correct version in their `package.json`
+* Release branches _do_ contain the correct version in their `package.json`
-- As soon as a release branch is cut for a major, master must be bumped to the next major.  I.e. `master` is always versioned as the next theoretical release branch
+* As soon as a release branch is cut for a major, master must be bumped to the next major.  I.e. `master` is always versioned as the next theoretical release branch

docs/tutorial/support.md

@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@ for answers to questions,
 or to join in discussion with other developers who use Electron,
 you can interact with the community in these locations:
 
-- [`Electron's Discord`](https://discord.com/invite/electron) has channels for:
+* [`Electron's Discord`](https://discord.com/invite/electron) has channels for:
-  - Getting help
+  * Getting help
-  - Ecosystem apps like [Electron Forge](https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-forge) and [Electron Fiddle](https://github.com/electron/fiddle)
+  * Ecosystem apps like [Electron Forge](https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-forge) and [Electron Fiddle](https://github.com/electron/fiddle)
-  - Sharing ideas with other Electron app developers
+  * Sharing ideas with other Electron app developers
-  - And more!
+  * And more!
-- [`electron`](https://discuss.atom.io/c/electron) category on the Atom forums
+* [`electron`](https://discuss.atom.io/c/electron) category on the Atom forums
-- `#atom-shell` channel on Freenode
+* `#atom-shell` channel on Freenode
-- `#electron` channel on [Atom's Slack](https://discuss.atom.io/t/join-us-on-slack/16638?source_topic_id=25406)
+* `#electron` channel on [Atom's Slack](https://discuss.atom.io/t/join-us-on-slack/16638?source_topic_id=25406)
-- [`electron-ru`](https://telegram.me/electron_ru) *(Russian)*
+* [`electron-ru`](https://telegram.me/electron_ru) *(Russian)*
-- [`electron-br`](https://electron-br.slack.com) *(Brazilian Portuguese)*
+* [`electron-br`](https://electron-br.slack.com) *(Brazilian Portuguese)*
-- [`electron-kr`](https://electron-kr.github.io/electron-kr) *(Korean)*
+* [`electron-kr`](https://electron-kr.github.io/electron-kr) *(Korean)*
-- [`electron-jp`](https://electron-jp.slack.com) *(Japanese)*
+* [`electron-jp`](https://electron-jp.slack.com) *(Japanese)*
-- [`electron-tr`](https://electron-tr.herokuapp.com) *(Turkish)*
+* [`electron-tr`](https://electron-tr.herokuapp.com) *(Turkish)*
-- [`electron-id`](https://electron-id.slack.com) *(Indonesia)*
+* [`electron-id`](https://electron-id.slack.com) *(Indonesia)*
-- [`electron-pl`](https://electronpl.github.io) *(Poland)*
+* [`electron-pl`](https://electronpl.github.io) *(Poland)*
 
 If you'd like to contribute to Electron,
 see the [contributing document](https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ until the maintainers feel the maintenance burden is too high to continue doing
 
 ### Currently supported versions
 
-- 11.x.y
+* 11.x.y
-- 10.x.y
+* 10.x.y
-- 9.x.y
+* 9.x.y
 
 ### End-of-life
 

docs/tutorial/using-native-node-modules.md

@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ should look like this:
 
 In particular, it's important that:
 
-- you link against `node.lib` from _Electron_ and not Node. If you link against
+* you link against `node.lib` from _Electron_ and not Node. If you link against
   the wrong `node.lib` you will get load-time errors when you require the
   module in Electron.
-- you include the flag `/DELAYLOAD:node.exe`. If the `node.exe` link is not
+* you include the flag `/DELAYLOAD:node.exe`. If the `node.exe` link is not
   delayed, then the delay-load hook won't get a chance to fire and the node
   symbols won't be correctly resolved.
-- `win_delay_load_hook.obj` is linked directly into the final DLL. If the hook
+* `win_delay_load_hook.obj` is linked directly into the final DLL. If the hook
   is set up in a dependent DLL, it won't fire at the right time.
 
 See [`node-gyp`](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/blob/e2401e1395bef1d3c8acec268b42dc5fb71c4a38/src/win_delay_load_hook.cc)