From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 25 13:32:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373FE16A4E2 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:32:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kyrreny@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 722A543D76 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:32:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kyrreny@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J4K00EUU2YELCF0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:32:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from suria.broadpark.no ([80.203.212.30]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J4K001622YD89H0@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:32:37 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:32:47 +0200 From: Kyrre =?iso-8859-1?Q?Nyg=E5rd?= In-reply-to: <1b15366e0608242101k7791caa6sd8c69e2954ac313a@mail.gmail.co m> To: "Matti J. Karki" , FreeBSD Questions Message-id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060825152841.0238d9d0@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060824145822.0194fc10@broadpark.no> <1b15366e0608240618j62d41ad3j537f095b2e566ed5@mail.gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060824192439.02386de8@broadpark.no> <1b15366e0608241500j5f1b4662p9a0d9cd811de841f@mail.gmail.com> <332C8C2B-21CD-4461-9C6A-325CB3D487A0@HiWAAY.net> <1b15366e0608242101k7791caa6sd8c69e2954ac313a@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Code beautifiers, anyone? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:32:48 -0000 At 06:01 25.08.2006, Matti J. Karki wrote: >Yes. I know, that this is reinventing the wheel. Also, home-made >scripts tend to be less reliable compared to dedicated tools. But I >have to deal with C, C++, Java, Visual Basic and XML files and also >some pretty obscure internal data files. With my own scripts I have >total control over the style. I use scripting quite a lot to help me >with my work and in addition to readability or style, I also use >scripts for generating documentation and even to generate pieces of >the final files from other data sources. > >So, in my case, I just have found out that instead of using bunch of >ready-made tools and spending time tweaking the settings and learning >to run them, I reach my goal faster and with desired results by doing >things myself. Nice wording Matti :) Indeed, we are seeking total control over multiple languages. So yeah, we do it ourselves for simpler and faster solutions. Custom tools only contain about 5% of what dedicated tools would. I know there's a lot of other people out there feeling the way we do, I just hope that they can get on up and reply to this thread :) All the best, Kyrre