Re: [HACKERS] Indent

> >From FAQ_DEV:
>
> "pgindent will format source files to match our standard format, which
> has four-space tabs, and an indenting format specified by flags to the
> your operating system's utility indent."
>
> Then why are all files indented with eight spaces? I personally like the
> four spaces, straight bsd style in Emacs and -orig in indent. But at least
> it should be consistent.

My guess is that you have tabs set to four spaces in your editor.
Change it to 4-space tabs and you will be fine.

>
> Also, how can I prevent this from happening:
>
> void
> print_copyright(void)
> {
> puts(
> "
> PostgreSQL Data Base Management System
>
> Copyright(c) 1996 - 9 PostgreSQL Global Development Group
>
> instead of
>
> void
> print_copyright(void)
> {
> puts(
> "
> PostgreSQL Data Base Management System
>
> Copyright(c) 1996 - 9 PostgreSQL Global Development Group
>
> ?
> Looks really ugly in the output.

Yes, it certainly does. I changed it the quotes to " " newline " ",
and committed the cleanup. Ran it through pgindent and it looks fine
now.

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