On 24 December 2015 at 06:28, <jcupitt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 24 December 2015 at 10:55, john smith <kingstonflat@xxxxxxxxx> 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 _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
