On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Christoph Lohmann <2...@r-36.net> wrote: > Greetings. > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:45:28 +0100 Xavier Cartron <thu...@singularity.fr> > wrote: >> Hello, >> I tried my first piece of C into adding a mail counter to dwmstatus. >> The code is added on the wiki [1] >> >> Please correct my mistakes. > > First thanks for your commit, but you made a big mistake. You assumed we > all know French. Please, use English on the Internet and *especially* > when programming. What’s »mail_laposte«? And what’s »Fichier«? I know > it, because I had to read some code of people assuming people will un‐ > derstand their code when everything is French. Please, write in English > and go on doing it. This really helps a lot in international communica‐ > tion. French is no major language anymore. Just look: I’m not writing > this in German and my variable names are not German too. You wouldn’t > have understood dwmstatus that good, if it would have German variable > names and maybe suckless.org would be »stinkfrei.de« instead, if we > would assume the world is speaking German.
Although you use »German quotation marks«… It is a bit weird for English speakers and *very* unsettling for French speakers. As long as it doesn't creep into your code, it's okay I guess. > > Please, use English while programming. There is no justification for lo‐ > calized sourcecode. I am trying to come up with one, but it's hard. Obfuscation maybe? Cheers, -- ______________ Raphaël Proust
