Re: Coding style for emacs

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 11:06:01AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >
> >>I will try to draw all this together today or tomorrow. It's not only
> >>the FAQ that should be patched - the docs and the FAQ should agree with
> >>each other.
> >
> >Right.
> >
> >
> >>In fact, this info arguably belongs in one place only. Which
> >>should it be?
> >
> >Uh, if you put it in the docs, I can reference it from the FAQ, but
> >not the other way around, so I think the documentation is best.
>
> Looking at this further, I am wondering if it would not be better to
> put sample .emacs and .vimrc files in the source (in, say,
> src.tools).
>
> The docs/FAQ would just say that we use BSD style with tab space 4
> and refer to the sample files.
>
> thoughts?

If we put them in a place that's visible before you get the source, we
can help people use the settings globally :)

Cheers,
D
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