better yet, use the 'indent' tool. -tmk
--- "D. Hugh Redelmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have noticed that the whitespace in the source > code is made up of a > messy mixture of spaces and tabs. This may not seem > important > (because it isn't) but it does make looking at diffs > a little > confusing. > > It is easy and safe to convert the whitespace at the > start of each > line to use tabs where possible: the command > unexpand(1) does the > trick. It is more dangerous to convert whitespace > in the middle > of a line because it might be inside a string > constant -- I don't > recommend this. > > The one trouble is that diffs of files from before > the > canonicalization and after are full of unimportant > changes. diff's -b > flag can fix that, but it is annoying. This makes > it awkward if there > are outstanding patches. > > I recommend doing all whitespace canonicalization. > I recommend doing > all source files at once, as a single change (not > mixed with other > ones). I recommend that it be done when there are > few outstanding > patches. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
