Re: [Gimp-developer] Line Lengths

[Joseph Bupe <joseph bupe gmail com>]

I would be grateful to see this happen in Gimp.

On 24 December 2015 at 17:59, john smith <kingstonflat gmail com> wrote:

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> On 24 December 2015 at 06:28,  <jcupitt gmail com> wrote:
> > On 24 December 2015 at 10:55, john smith <kingstonflat gmail com> wrote:
> > > I had a read of https://github.com/GNOME/gimp/blob/master/HACKING but
> > > there is no mention of line length in the style guide.
> >
> >
> > GIMP uses a lightly modified GNU style, so 80 characters line length.
> >
> > > However, I can't help feeling that the code might be more readable
> > > with a slightly longer line length.
> >
> >
> > Perhaps! But it's all 80 and is very unlikely to be changed. If you
> submit a
> > patch which breaks the 80 rule you'll probably be asked to reformat.
> > Consistency trumps almost all other considerations in a large project.
> >
> > > Is the code auto-formatted or done by hand?
> >
> >
> > There's no auto format on commit.
> >
> > There are lots of tools which can format GNU style, for example the
> standard
> > "indent" filter defaults to GNU. It will sometimes mess up comment
> > formatting though. Google have a very fancy code reformatter which might
> do
> > a better job.
> >
> > (I'm not actually a gimp dev, but that's my understanding of the
> situation,
> > corrections pls.)
> >
> > John
>
>
> Fair enough.
>
> Or
> http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/6558/indent-all-the-files-in-a-project-using-emacs
> ....... :D
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