Re: Do you need mode lines etc. at the beginning of glibmm and gtkmm source files?

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Sun, 2014-07-13 at 18:55 +0200, Kjell Ahlstedt wrote:
> Some source code files in glibmm and gtkmm start with seemingly
> unnecessary lines, such as
>
>    // -*- Mode: C++; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
> or
>    // -*- c++ -*-
>    /* $Id$ */
> or
>    // -*- c++ -*-
>    /* $Id: event.ccg,v 1.2 2004/02/10 17:29:54 mxpxpod Exp $ */
>
> gmmproc adds "// -*- c++ -*-" as the first line in generated .h files.
>
> The line that begins "// -*- Mode:" occurs frequently in glibmm/gio.
> It's said to be used by the emacs editor.
>
> Do you need any of these initial lines? Should any of them be inserted
> in newly written and/or modified files? Should they be deleted in
> modified files?

I'd be happy to have them removed.

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