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Readme.md

@@ -82,16 +82,16 @@ If you're using Slate for the first time, check out the [Getting Started](./docs
     - [Editor](docs/reference/components/editor.md)
     - [Placeholder](docs/reference/components/placeholder.md)
   - Models
-    - Block
+    - [Block](docs/reference/models/block.md)
-    - Character
+    - [Character](docs/reference/models/character.md)
-    - Data
+    - [Data](docs/reference/data.md)
-    - Document
+    - [Document](docs/reference/models/document.md)
-    - Inline
+    - [Inline](docs/reference/models/inline.md)
-    - Mark
+    - [Mark](docs/reference/mark.md)
-    - Node
+    - [Node](docs/reference/models/node.md)
     - [Selection](docs/reference/models/selection.md)
     - State
-    - Text
+    - [Text](docs/reference/text.md)
     - Transform
   - Plugins
     - [Plugins](docs/reference/plugins/plugins.md)

docs/reference/models/block.md

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Block nodes may contain nested block nodes, inline nodes, and text nodes—just
   - [`kind`](#kind)
   - [`length`](#length)
   - [`text`](#text)
+- [Static Methods](#static-methods)
+  - [`Block.create`](#block-create)
+  - [`Block.createList`](#block-createlist)
 - [Node Methods](#node-methods)
 
 
@@ -26,10 +29,10 @@ Block nodes may contain nested block nodes, inline nodes, and text nodes—just
 
 ```js
 Block({
-  data: Immutable.Map,
+  data: Data,
   isVoid: Boolean,
   key: String,
-  nodes: Immutable.List,
+  nodes: Immutable.List<Node>,
   type: String
 })
 ```
@@ -80,6 +83,19 @@ The sum of the lengths of all of the descendant [`Text`](./text.md) nodes of thi
 A concatenated string of all of the descendant [`Text`](./text.md) nodes of this node.
 
 
+## Static Methods
+
+### `Block.create`
+`Block.create(properties: Object) => Block`
+
+Create a block from a plain Javascript object of `properties`.
+
+### `Block.createList`
+`Block.createList(array: Array) => List`
+
+Create a list of block nodes from a plain Javascript `array`.
+
+
 ## Node Methods
 
 Blocks implement the [`Node`](./node.md) interface. For information about their methods, see the [`Node` reference](./node.md).

docs/reference/models/character.md

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+# `Character`
+
+```js
+import { Character } from 'slate'
+```
+
+A character in a [`Text`](./text.md) node.
+
+Characters are how Slate associates [`Marks`](./mark.md) with a range of text, for formatting.
+
+- [Properties](#properties)
+  - [`marks`](#marks)
+  - [`text`](#text)
+- [Static Methods](#static-methods)
+  - [`Character.create`](#character-create)
+  - [`Character.createList`](#character-createlist)
+
+
+## Properties
+
+```js
+Character({
+  marks: Immutable.Set<Mark>,
+  text: String
+})
+```
+
+### `marks`
+`Immutable.Set`
+
+A set of [`Marks`](./mark.md) attached to the character.
+
+### `text`
+`String`
+
+The text string of the character.
+
+
+## Static Methods
+
+### `Character.create`
+`Character.create(properties: Object) => Character`
+
+Create a character from a plain Javascript object of `properties`.
+
+### `Character.createList`
+`Character.createList(array: Array) => List`
+
+Create a list of characters from a plain Javascript `array`.

docs/reference/models/data.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+# `Data`
+
+```js
+import { Data } from 'slate'
+```
+
+Data is simply a thin wrapper around [`Immutable.Map`](https://facebook.github.io/immutable-js/docs/#/Map), so that you don't need to ever depend on Immutable directly, and for future compatibility.
+
+A data object can have any properties associated with it.
+
+- [Static Methods](#static-methods)
+  - [`Data.create`](#data-create)
+
+
+## Static Methods
+
+### `Data.create`
+`Data.create(properties: Object) => Data`
+
+Create a data object from a plain Javascript object of `properties`.

docs/reference/models/document.md

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Documents are made up of block nodes, inline nodes, and text nodes—just like i
   - [`kind`](#kind)
   - [`length`](#length)
   - [`text`](#text)
+- [Static Methods](#static-methods)
+  - [`Document.create`](#document-create)
 - [Node Methods](#node-methods)
 
 
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ Documents are made up of block nodes, inline nodes, and text nodes—just like i
 
 ```js
 Document({
-  nodes: Immutable.List,
+  nodes: Immutable.List<Node>,
 })
 ```
 
@@ -50,6 +52,14 @@ The sum of the lengths of all of the descendant [`Text`](./text.md) nodes of thi
 A concatenated string of all of the descendant [`Text`](./text.md) nodes of this node.
 
 
+## Static Methods
+
+### `Document.create`
+`Document.create(properties: Object) => Document`
+
+Create a block from a plain Javascript object of `properties`.
+
+
 ## Node Methods
 
 Documents implement the [`Node`](./node.md) interface. For information about their methods, see the [`Node` reference](./node.md).

docs/reference/models/inline.md

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Inline nodes may contain nested inline nodes and text nodes—just like in the D
   - [`kind`](#kind)
   - [`length`](#length)
   - [`text`](#text)
+- [Static Methods](#static-methods)
+  - [`Inline.create`](#inline-create)
+  - [`Inline.createList`](#inline-createlist)
 - [Node Methods](#node-methods)
 
 
@@ -26,10 +29,10 @@ Inline nodes may contain nested inline nodes and text nodes—just like in the D
 
 ```js
 Inline({
-  data: Immutable.Map,
+  data: Data,
   isVoid: Boolean,
   key: String,
-  nodes: Immutable.List,
+  nodes: Immutable.List<Node>,
   type: String
 })
 ```
@@ -80,6 +83,19 @@ The sum of the lengths of all of the descendant [`Text`](./text.md) nodes of thi
 A concatenated string of all of the descendant [`Text`](./text.md) nodes of this node.
 
 
+## Static Methods
+
+### `Block.create`
+`Block.create(properties: Object) => Block`
+
+Create a block from a plain Javascript object of `properties`.
+
+### `Block.createList`
+`Block.createList(array: Array) => List`
+
+Create a list of block nodes from a plain Javascript `array`.
+
+
 ## Node Methods
 
 Inlines implement the [`Node`](./node.md) interface. For information about their methods, see the [`Node` reference](./node.md).

docs/reference/models/mark.md

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+
+# `Mark`
+
+```js
+import { Mark } from 'slate'
+```
+
+A formatting mark that can be associated with [`Characters`](./character.md). Marks are how Slate represents rich formatting like **bold** or _italic_.
+
+- [Properties](#properties)
+  - [`data`](#data)
+  - [`type`](#type)
+- [Static Methods](#static-methods)
+  - [`Mark.create`](#mark-create)
+  - [`Mark.createSet`](#mark-createset)
+
+
+## Properties
+
+```js
+Mark({
+  data: Data,
+  type: String
+})
+```
+
+### `data`
+`Data`
+
+A map of [`Data`](./data.md).
+
+### `type`
+`String`
+
+The custom type of the mark (eg. `bold` or `italic`).
+
+
+## Static Methods
+
+### `Mark.create`
+`Mark.create(properties: Object) => Mark`
+
+Create a mark from a plain Javascript object of `properties`.
+
+### `Mark.createSet`
+`Mark.createSet(array: Array) => Set`
+
+Create a set of marks from a plain Javascript `array`.

docs/reference/models/text.md

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+
+# `Text`
+
+```js
+import { Text } from 'slate'
+```
+
+A text node in a Slate [`Document`](./document.md). Text nodes are always the bottom-most leaves in the document, just like in the DOM.
+
+- [Properties](#properties)
+  - [`characters`](#characters)
+  - [`key`](#key)
+- [Computed Properties](#computed-properties)
+  - [`kind`](#kind)
+  - [`length`](#length)
+  - [`text`](#text)
+- [Static Methods](#static-methods)
+  - [`Text.create`](#text-create)
+
+
+## Properties
+
+```js
+Text({
+  characters: Immutable.List<Character>,
+  key: String
+})
+```
+
+### `characters`
+
+A list of [`Characters`](./character.md) with associated [`Marks`](./mark.md) that make up the text node's content.
+
+### `key`
+`String`
+
+A unique identifier for the node.
+
+
+## Computed Properties
+
+### `kind`
+`String`
+
+An immutable string value of `'text'` for easily separating this node from [`Inline`](./inline.md) or [`Block`](./block.md) nodes.
+
+### `length`
+`Number`
+
+The length of all of the characters in the text node.
+
+### `text`
+`String`
+
+A concatenated string of all of the characters in the text node.
+
+
+## Static Methods
+
+### `Text.create`
+`Text.create(properties: Object) => Text`
+
+Create a text from a plain Javascript object of `properties`.