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["Dufflebunk" <dufflebunk AT go-nix.ca>]

There is also a tool called indent I believe, but I don't know if it works
for bash.

--------- Original Message --------
> EMACS can actually format a shell script for us, but it does have
> parameters I believe, and we may just need to come up with a uniform set
> of parameters for shell-script-mode to put in front of every source file
> in EMACS "local variables" notation:
> http://www.gnu.org/manual/emacs-21.2/html_chapter/emacs_33.html#SEC486
> I understand that not everyone's using EMACS, but that's the best
> non-people-centric measure I can think of.
>
> Dufflebunk wrote:
>
> >  I'm mostly to blame for those tabs. When I rewrite a lib I usually
use
> >tabs rather than spaces because hitting the space bar 12 times or the
> >backspace 12 times isn't my idea of fun for indentation.
> >
> >  A consistent coding style in sorcery would be nice, but due to a lack
> >of something written out on what this style is, and a lack of time to
> >code in it, it's not that way. There is (or was) a draft document on
the
> >wiki on what we wanted the style like in a rewrite.
> >
> >  It's easy to maintain the same coding style if you're the only one
> >writing the code. It's hard to maintain if there are several people.
> >
> >On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 10:45, Jason Flatt wrote:
> >
> >
> >>This is a /really/ minor point, but I just thought I'd bring it up
to find out
> >>where I/we stand on the issue.
> >>
> >>When I first got into Sorcerer 1.5 years ago, one of the big
things people
> >>lauded Kyle about was how he wrote and spaced his code and how it
made it so
> >>much more readable.  I personally could see some benefit to the
way Kyle had
> >>coded things, but I wasn't necessarily sure that his spacing was
all /that/
> >>wonderful.  :^)
> >>
> >>However, it seems that we in Source Mage have gotten away from
that coding
> >>style.  It also seems to me that there really is /no/ coding style
anymore
> >>and it's possible to find code with single spaces, two or more
spaces, tabs
> >>and mixed spacing all through out the whole of Source Mage.  I
certainly
> >>don't want to hold up progress w/my Type A tendencies,  :^)  but I
also don't
> >>want to hold up my progress by sticking to a coding style that no
one else is
> >>using.
> >>
> >>So, which is it?  Get uniform based on something someone has put
into place,
> >>or just go willy-nilly doing whatever?
> >>
> >>
> >
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