Re: tab characters in the source code

[Graham Percival]

On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 11:27:42AM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> We could then maybe sponsor that group to create a programmer's editor
> --that would be something that everyone needs?  We could make it
> automatically format the program code so that it adheres to that 
> standard while you type.  It could also have a function to reformat
> existing code, we could call that "indent-region" and bind it to M-C-\ .

See, I was with you until this point.  Tying code indentation to a
particular editor is... not ideal.

> Then maybe we could even write a script to check all code once in
> a while, possibly by using that editor too, and call the script
> scripts/auxiliar/fixcc.py ?

More fodder for the CG!  I'll save this email in case nobody else
does it.


I must say, however, that I'm quite proud that my sarcasm is
infecting other lilypond developers.  ;)

Cheers,
- Graham