[PATCH] Re: Indenting style, modelines

[Daniel Roethlisberger <daniel () roe ch>]

David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> 2009-02-17:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:24:02PM +0100, Daniel Roethlisberger wrote:
> > What's the preferred indenting style: tabs + spaces or spaces
> > only?  The sources are rather inconsistent in this regard and the
> > HACKING file says nothing about coding style.
>
> The sources are very inconsistent. If there is anything like a dominant
> style I think it is two-space indents, no tabs. I have this in my .vimrc:
>
> if getcwd() =~ '/home/david/nmap.*'
>     set nocindent
>     set expandtab
>     set softtabstop=2
>     set shiftwidth=2
>     set copyindent
> endif
>
> Does something like that work for you instead of modelines?

Sure.  How about the attached patch to the HACKING file for a
start?  If there are other style recommendations or rules, they
can be added there too.

-- 
Daniel Roethlisberger
http://daniel.roe.ch/

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