Re: [Gimp-developer] Line Lengths

[john smith <kingstonflat gmail com>]

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