From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 2 13:57:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ADB4106564A for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:57:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FE298FC0A for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:57:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n32DunYE023620; Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:57:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n32DunH9023619; Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:56:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:56:49 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200904021356.n32DunH9023619@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, des@des.no In-Reply-To: <861vsb8bzb.fsf@ds4.des.no> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-chat User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:57:12 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Why?? (prog question) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, des@des.no List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:57:15 -0000 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Oliver Fromme writes: > > William Gordon Rutherdale wrote: > > > [...] I don't think I've ever written the word "dedent" in my life, > > > at least until this paragraph. In fact, I'm not convinced that it > > > IS a word. > > It's a technical term, > > No, the correct term is "outdent". It probably depends on who you ask. For example, the Python people call it "dedent". I've also heard it from many Eclipse developers. On the other hand, I've rarely heard anyone using the word "outdent". YMMV, I guess. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Python is executable pseudocode. Perl is executable line noise.