Am 13.02.2010 16:55, schrieb Dieter Plaetinck: >> * indent with tabs > +1 >> * tabs have 8 characters > > isn't the point of indentation with tabs just that everyone can choose > the width of the representation for himself? > unless you plan to use tabs for alignment, which i don't like. > tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment imho.
This affects how exactly you count the "number of columns" in the next
rule. A tab is then counted as 8 characters (although it will still show
as 2 in my editor).
>> * don't use more than 132 columns
> where does this number come from?
>> * opening braces are top right, closing are bottom left:
> +1
>>
>> function foo() {
>> echo bar
>> }
>
> only for bash/C.
> for sh, leave out the 'function' part (it's a bashism)
>
>> * if and for statements are like this:
>>
>> if true; then
>> do something
>> else
>> do something else
>> fi
>>
>> for i in a b c; do
>> echo $i
>> done
>
> fine by me
>
>> * use single quotes if a string does not parseable content
>
> +1
>
>> We could also talk about using `` or $(); source vs. .; $foo vs.
>> ${bar} etc.. But that's probably too much.
Never use `...`, always $(...), always use the braces for variable names
and always quote paths that contain variables.
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