From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jan 20 0:40:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.x-treme.gr (mx2.x-treme.gr [212.120.192.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7B3153CA for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 00:40:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from localhost.hell.gr (pat39.x-treme.gr [212.120.197.231]) by mx2.x-treme.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3/IPNG-ADV-ANTISPAM-0.1) with ESMTP id KAA14935; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:39:58 +0200 Received: (from charon@localhost) by localhost.hell.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA02959; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 08:31:15 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 08:31:15 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Matthew D. Fuller" Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Pico, indentation (was: Re: The 3.4-STABLE sources ...) Message-ID: <20000120083115.B2879@hades.hell.gr> Reply-To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr References: <200001181134.MAA45912@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> <20000118112201.A44535@rtfm.net> <20000118122300.A18846@futuresouth.com> <20000119002857.B57016@hades.hell.gr> <20000119001149.A24456@futuresouth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <20000119001149.A24456@futuresouth.com> X-PGP-Fingerprint: 62 45 D1 C9 26 F9 95 06 D6 21 2A C8 8C 16 C0 8E Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 12:11:49AM -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > I personally would be a LOT happier without pico. Unfortunately, I'd > like my friend to be productive in this code project we're working on, so > for the time being (until I finish converting him and getting him > comfortable with vi, the Supreme Good Editor) that means I have to give > him pico. And some of this code is just useless to try and read with > 8-char tabstops... You know what they say. If your indentation level exceeds a well defined limit (the 80 characters of a terminal line being one such, uhm, `well defined limit'), you might have to reconsider your design. Without any intention to offend anyone, I'd suggest your friend starts reading that style(9) manpage. Ciao. -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > "Don't let your schooling interfere with your education." [Mark Twain] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message