Remove "note that" in our documentation (as per style guide)

dev/benchmarks/complex_layout/lib/src/app.dart

@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ class GalleryDrawer extends StatelessWidget {
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final ScrollMode currentMode = ComplexLayoutApp.of(context)!.scrollMode;
     return Drawer(
-      // Note: for real apps, see the Gallery material Drawer demo. More
+      // For real apps, see the Gallery material Drawer demo. More
       // typically, a drawer would have a fixed header with a scrolling body
       // below it.
       child: ListView(

dev/benchmarks/microbenchmarks/lib/foundation/platform_asset_bundle.dart

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void main() async {
     watch.reset();
     watch.start();
     for (int i = 0; i < _kBatchSize; i += 1) {
-      // Note: We don't load images like this. PlatformAssetBundle is used for
+      // We don't load images like this. PlatformAssetBundle is used for
       // other assets (like Rive animations). We are using an image because it's
       // conveniently sized and available for the test.
       tally += (await bundle.load('packages/flutter_gallery_assets/places/india_pondicherry_salt_farm.png')).lengthInBytes;

dev/benchmarks/multiple_flutters/android/build.gradle

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.0"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
 
-        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
-        // in the individual module build.gradle files
+        // Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
+        // in the individual module build.gradle files.
     }
 }
 

dev/bots/analyze.dart

@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ Future<void> verifyNullInitializedDebugExpensiveFields(String workingDirectory,
   }
 }
 
-final RegExp tabooPattern = RegExp(r'^ *///.*\b(simply)\b', caseSensitive: false);
+final RegExp tabooPattern = RegExp(r'^ *///.*\b(simply|note:|note that)\b', caseSensitive: false);
 
 Future<void> verifyTabooDocumentation(String workingDirectory, { int minimumMatches = 100 }) async {
   final List<String> errors = <String>[];
@@ -1859,7 +1859,8 @@ Future<void> verifyTabooDocumentation(String workingDirectory, { int minimumMatc
   if (errors.isNotEmpty) {
     foundError(<String>[
       '${bold}Avoid the word "simply" in documentation. See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Style-guide-for-Flutter-repo#use-the-passive-voice-recommend-do-not-require-never-say-things-are-simple for details.$reset',
-      '${bold}In many cases the word can be omitted without loss of generality; in other cases it may require a bit of rewording to avoid implying that the task is simple.$reset',
+      '${bold}In many cases thes words can be omitted without loss of generality; in other cases it may require a bit of rewording to avoid implying that the task is simple.$reset',
+      '${bold}Similarly, avoid using "note:" or the phrase "note that". See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Style-guide-for-Flutter-repo#avoid-empty-prose for details.$reset',
       ...errors,
     ]);
   }

dev/bots/docs.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function script_location() {
 
 function generate_docs() {
     # Install and activate dartdoc.
-    # NOTE: When updating to a new dartdoc version, please also update
+    # When updating to a new dartdoc version, please also update
     # `dartdoc_options.yaml` to include newly introduced error and warning types.
     "$DART" pub global activate dartdoc 6.1.5
 

dev/ci/README.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ On each new change to this `Dockerfile`, Cirrus will build a new version of
 the Docker image as a dependency to any Linux tests. It is no longer necessary
 to manually build and push the Docker image locally.
 
-NOTE: there are some factors external to the actual `Dockerfile` that would
+There are some factors external to the actual `Dockerfile` that would
 necessitate rebuilding the Docker image, such as upstream code changes, (Linux
 distribution) repository updates or a file that gets `COPY`ied into the image
 changing. In this case, a trivial `Dockerfile` change (such as a comment)

dev/conductor/core/lib/src/repository.dart

@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ abstract class Repository {
           'Fetch ${upstreamRemote.name} to ensure we have latest refs',
           workingDirectory: _checkoutDirectory!.path,
         );
-        // Note: if [initialRef] is a remote ref the checkout will be left in a
-        // detached HEAD state.
+        // If [initialRef] is a remote ref, the checkout will be left in a detached HEAD state.
         await git.run(
           <String>['checkout', initialRef!],
           'Checking out initialRef $initialRef',

dev/conductor/core/test/start_test.dart

@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ void main() {
           '171876a4e6cf56ee6da1f97d203926bd7afda7ef';
       const String nextDartRevision =
           'f6c91128be6b77aef8351e1e3a9d07c85bc2e46e';
-      // note that this significantly behind the candidate branch name
+      // This is significantly behind the candidate branch name
       const String previousVersion = '0.9.0-1.0.pre';
       // This is what this release will be
       const String nextVersion = '0.9.0-1.1.pre';

dev/integration_tests/flutter_gallery/lib/gallery/example_code.dart

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Note: This code is not runnable, it contains code snippets displayed in the
-// gallery.
+// This code is not runnable, it contains code snippets displayed in the Gallery.
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 

dev/integration_tests/ios_add2app_life_cycle/ios_add2app/FullScreenViewController.m

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ -(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
   self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden = NO;
   self.navigationController.hidesBarsOnSwipe = NO;
   if (self.isMovingFromParentViewController) {
-    // Note that if we were doing things that might cause the VC
+    // If we were doing things that might cause the VC
     // to disappear (like using the image_picker plugin)
-    // we shouldn't do this.  But in this case we know we're
+    // we shouldn't do this, but in this case we know we're
     // just going back to the navigation controller.
     // If we needed Flutter to tell us when we could actually go away,
     // we'd need to communicate over a method channel with it.

dev/integration_tests/ios_host_app/Host/FullScreenViewController.m

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ -(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
   self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden = NO;
   self.navigationController.hidesBarsOnSwipe = NO;
   if (self.isMovingFromParentViewController) {
-    // Note that if we were doing things that might cause the VC
+    // If we were doing things that might cause the VC
     // to disappear (like using the image_picker plugin)
-    // we shouldn't do this.  But in this case we know we're
+    // we shouldn't do this, but in this case we know we're
     // just going back to the navigation controller.
     // If we needed Flutter to tell us when we could actually go away,
     // we'd need to communicate over a method channel with it.

dev/integration_tests/ios_host_app/flutterapp/lib/main

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ const String hybridRouteName = 'hybrid';
 /// Channel used to let the Flutter app know to reset the app to a specific
 /// route.  See the [run] method.
 ///
-/// Note that we shouldn't use the `setInitialRoute` method on the system
-/// navigation channel, as that never gets propagated back to Flutter after the
-/// initial call.
+/// We shouldn't use the `setInitialRoute` method on the system
+/// navigation channel, as that never gets propagated back to Flutter
+/// after the initial call.
 const String _kReloadChannelName = 'reload';
 const BasicMessageChannel<String> _kReloadChannel =
     BasicMessageChannel<String>(_kReloadChannelName, StringCodec());

dev/tools/gen_keycodes/lib/physical_key_data.dart

@@ -76,18 +76,21 @@ class PhysicalKeyData {
     return outputMap;
   }
 
-  /// Parses entries from Androids Generic.kl scan code data file.
+  /// Parses entries from Android's `Generic.kl` scan code data file.
   ///
   /// Lines in this file look like this (without the ///):
+  ///
+  /// ```
   /// key 100   ALT_RIGHT
   /// # key 101 "KEY_LINEFEED"
   /// key 477   F12               FUNCTION
+  /// ```
   ///
   /// We parse the commented out lines as well as the non-commented lines, so
   /// that we can get names for all of the available scan codes, not just ones
   /// defined for the generic profile.
   ///
-  /// Also, note that some keys (notably MEDIA_EJECT) can be mapped to more than
+  /// Some keys (notably `MEDIA_EJECT`) can be mapped to more than
   /// one scan code, so the mapping can't just be 1:1, it has to be 1:many.
   static Map<String, List<int>> _readAndroidScanCodes(String keyboardLayout, String nameMap) {
     final RegExp keyEntry = RegExp(

examples/api/lib/widgets/focus_traversal/focus_traversal_group.0.dart

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class MyStatelessWidget extends StatelessWidget {
             ),
             // A group that orders in widget order, regardless of what the order is set to.
             FocusTraversalGroup(
-              // Note that because this is NOT an OrderedTraversalPolicy, the
+              // Because this is NOT an OrderedTraversalPolicy, the
               // assigned order of these OrderedButtons is ignored, and they
               // are traversed in widget order. TRY THIS: change this to
               // "OrderedTraversalPolicy()" and see that it now follows the

examples/api/lib/widgets/shared_app_data/shared_app_data.0.dart

@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ class _HomeState extends State<Home> {
                 _fooVersion += 1;
                 // Changing the SharedAppData's value for 'foo' causes the
                 // widgets that depend on 'foo' to be rebuilt.
-                SharedAppData.setValue<String, String?>(context, 'foo', 'FOO $_fooVersion'); // note: no setState()
+                SharedAppData.setValue<String, String?>(context, 'foo', 'FOO $_fooVersion'); // no need to call setState()
               },
             ),
             const SizedBox(height: 16),
             ElevatedButton(
               child: const Text('change bar'),
               onPressed: () {
                 _barVersion += 1;
-                SharedAppData.setValue<String, String?>(context, 'bar', 'BAR $_barVersion');  // note: no setState()
+                SharedAppData.setValue<String, String?>(context, 'bar', 'BAR $_barVersion');  // no need to call setState()
               },
             ),
           ],

examples/api/test/widgets/gesture_detector/gesture_detector.2_test.dart

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void main() {
   }
 
   void expectInnerGestureDetectorBehavior(WidgetTester tester, HitTestBehavior behavior) {
-    // Note that there is a third GestureDetector added by Scaffold
+    // There is a third GestureDetector added by Scaffold.
     final Finder innerGestureDetectorFinder = find.byType(GestureDetector).at(1);
     final GestureDetector innerGestureDetector = tester.firstWidget<GestureDetector>(innerGestureDetectorFinder);
     expect(innerGestureDetector.behavior, behavior);

examples/layers/raw/canvas.dart

@@ -32,24 +32,24 @@ ui.Picture paint(ui.Rect paintBounds) {
   final double devicePixelRatio = ui.window.devicePixelRatio;
   final ui.Size logicalSize = ui.window.physicalSize / devicePixelRatio;
 
-  // Saves a copy of current transform onto the save stack
+  // Saves a copy of current transform onto the save stack.
   canvas.save();
 
-  // Note that transforms that occur after this point apply only to the
-  // yellow-bluish rectangle
+  // Transforms that occur after this point apply only to the
+  // yellow-bluish rectangle.
 
   // This line will cause the transform to shift entirely outside the paint
   // boundaries, which will cause the canvas interface to discard its
   // commands. Comment it out to see it on screen.
   canvas.translate(-mid.dx / 2.0, logicalSize.height * 2.0);
 
-  // Clips the current transform
+  // Clips the current transform.
   canvas.clipRect(
     ui.Rect.fromLTRB(0, radius + 50, logicalSize.width, logicalSize.height),
     clipOp: ui.ClipOp.difference,
   );
 
-  // Shifts the coordinate space of and rotates the current transform
+  // Shifts the coordinate space of and rotates the current transform.
   canvas.translate(mid.dx, mid.dy);
   canvas.rotate(math.pi/4);
 
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ ui.Picture paint(ui.Rect paintBounds) {
     <ui.Color>[const ui.Color(0xFFFFFF00), const ui.Color(0xFF0000FF)],
   );
 
-  // Draws a yellow-bluish rectangle
+  // Draws a yellow-bluish rectangle.
   canvas.drawRect(
     ui.Rect.fromLTRB(-radius, -radius, radius, radius),
     ui.Paint()..shader = yellowBlue,
   );
 
-  // Note that transforms that occur after this point apply only to the
-  // yellow circle
+  // Transforms that occur after this point apply only to the
+  // yellow circle.
 
   // Scale x and y by 0.5.
   final Float64List scaleMatrix = Float64List.fromList(<double>[
@@ -77,20 +77,20 @@ ui.Picture paint(ui.Rect paintBounds) {
   ]);
   canvas.transform(scaleMatrix);
 
-  // Sets paint to transparent yellow
+  // Sets paint to transparent yellow.
   paint.color = const ui.Color.fromARGB(128, 0, 255, 0);
 
-  // Draws a transparent yellow circle
+  // Draws a transparent yellow circle.
   canvas.drawCircle(ui.Offset.zero, radius, paint);
 
-  // Restores the transform from before `save` was called
+  // Restores the transform from before `save` was called.
   canvas.restore();
 
-  // Sets paint to transparent red
+  // Sets paint to transparent red.
   paint.color = const ui.Color.fromARGB(128, 255, 0, 0);
 
-  // Note that this circle is drawn on top of the previous layer that contains
-  // the rectangle and smaller circle
+  // This circle is drawn on top of the previous layer that contains
+  // the rectangle and smaller circle.
   canvas.drawCircle(const ui.Offset(150.0, 300.0), radius, paint);
 
   // When we're done issuing painting commands, we end the recording an receive

packages/flutter/lib/fix_data/README.md

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Data-driven-Fixes
 
 ## When making structural changes to this directory
 
-Note that the tests in this directory are also invoked from external
-repositories. Specifically, the CI system for the dart-lang/sdk repo runs these
-tests in order to ensure that changes to the dart fix file format do not break
-Flutter.
+The tests in this directory are also invoked from external
+repositories. Specifically, the CI system for the dart-lang/sdk repo
+runs these tests in order to ensure that changes to the dart fix file
+format do not break Flutter.
 
 See [tools/bots/flutter/analyze_flutter_flutter.sh](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/blob/main/tools/bots/flutter/analyze_flutter_flutter.sh)
 for where the tests are invoked.

packages/flutter/lib/src/cupertino/refresh.dart

@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class CupertinoSliverRefreshControl extends StatefulWidget {
     switch (refreshState) {
       case RefreshIndicatorMode.drag:
         // While we're dragging, we draw individual ticks of the spinner while simultaneously
-        // easing the opacity in. Note that the opacity curve values here were derived using
+        // easing the opacity in. The opacity curve values here were derived using
         // Xcode through inspecting a native app running on iOS 13.5.
         const Curve opacityCurve = Interval(0.0, 0.35, curve: Curves.easeInOut);
         return Opacity(

packages/flutter/lib/src/gestures/resampler.dart

@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ class PointerEventResampler {
       // generated when the position has changed.
       if (event is! PointerMoveEvent && event is! PointerHoverEvent) {
         // Add synthetics `move` or `hover` event if position has changed.
-        // Note: Devices without `hover` events are expected to always have
+        //
+        // Devices without `hover` events are expected to always have
         // `add` and `down` events with the same position and this logic will
         // therefore never produce `hover` events.
         if (position != _position) {

packages/flutter/lib/src/material/button_bar.dart

@@ -146,15 +146,14 @@ class ButtonBar extends StatelessWidget {
 
   /// The spacing between buttons when the button bar overflows.
   ///
-  /// If the [children] do not fit into a single row, they are
-  /// arranged into a column. This parameter provides additional
-  /// vertical space in between buttons when it does overflow.
+  /// If the [children] do not fit into a single row, they are arranged into a
+  /// column. This parameter provides additional vertical space in between
+  /// buttons when it does overflow.
   ///
-  /// Note that the button spacing may appear to be more than
-  /// the value provided. This is because most buttons adhere to the
-  /// [MaterialTapTargetSize] of 48px. So, even though a button
-  /// might visually be 36px in height, it might still take up to
-  /// 48px vertically.
+  /// The button spacing may appear to be more than the value provided. This is
+  /// because most buttons adhere to the [MaterialTapTargetSize] of 48px. So,
+  /// even though a button might visually be 36px in height, it might still take
+  /// up to 48px vertically.
   ///
   /// If null then no spacing will be added in between buttons in
   /// an overflow state.

packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dialog.dart

@@ -482,9 +482,10 @@ class AlertDialog extends StatelessWidget {
   /// Typically used to provide padding to the button bar between the button bar
   /// and the edges of the dialog.
   ///
-  /// If there are no [actions], then no padding will be included. It is also
-  /// important to note that [buttonPadding] may contribute to the padding on
-  /// the edges of [actions] as well.
+  /// The [buttonPadding] may contribute to the padding on the edges of
+  /// [actions] as well.
+  ///
+  /// If there are no [actions], then no padding will be included.
   ///
   /// {@tool snippet}
   /// This is an example of a set of actions aligned with the content widget.
@@ -546,21 +547,20 @@ class AlertDialog extends StatelessWidget {
   /// * [OverflowBar], which [actions] configures to lay itself out.
   final VerticalDirection? actionsOverflowDirection;
 
-  /// The spacing between [actions] when the [OverflowBar] switches
-  /// to a column layout because the actions don't fit horizontally.
+  /// The spacing between [actions] when the [OverflowBar] switches to a column
+  /// layout because the actions don't fit horizontally.
   ///
   /// If the widgets in [actions] do not fit into a single row, they are
-  /// arranged into a column. This parameter provides additional
-  /// vertical space in between buttons when it does overflow.
+  /// arranged into a column. This parameter provides additional vertical space
+  /// between buttons when it does overflow.
   ///
-  /// Note that the button spacing may appear to be more than
-  /// the value provided. This is because most buttons adhere to the
-  /// [MaterialTapTargetSize] of 48px. So, even though a button
-  /// might visually be 36px in height, it might still take up to
-  /// 48px vertically.
+  /// The button spacing may appear to be more than the value provided. This is
+  /// because most buttons adhere to the [MaterialTapTargetSize] of 48px. So,
+  /// even though a button might visually be 36px in height, it might still take
+  /// up to 48px vertically.
   ///
-  /// If null then no spacing will be added in between buttons in
-  /// an overflow state.
+  /// If null then no spacing will be added in between buttons in an overflow
+  /// state.
   final double? actionsOverflowButtonSpacing;
 
   /// The padding that surrounds each button in [actions].