Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:32:47 +0200 From: Kyrre =?iso-8859-1?Q?Nyg=E5rd?= <kyrreny@broadpark.no> To: "Matti J. Karki" <mjk@iki.fi>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Code beautifiers, anyone? Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060825152841.0238d9d0@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <1b15366e0608242101k7791caa6sd8c69e2954ac313a@mail.gmail.co m> 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>
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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
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