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If you are going to work on the viewer code you need to conform to the [[Coding Standard]]. | If you are going to work on the viewer code you need to conform to the [[Coding Standard]]. | ||
Standards your editor must support: | Standards your editor must support: | ||
* Lines must end with a LF (linefeed) character. | * Lines must end with a <code>LF</code> (linefeed) character. | ||
* A tab must generate 4 spaces. | * A tab must generate 4 spaces. | ||
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* Line ending | * Line ending | ||
** You should not need to specify the line ending for an existing file but for a new file you will want to set Edit | ** You should not need to specify the line ending for an existing file but for a new file you will want to set '''Edit''' > '''EOL Conversion''' > '''UNIX Format''' | ||
* Tab spacing | * Tab spacing | ||
** Go to Settings | ** Go to '''Settings''' > '''Preferences''' > '''Language Menu/Tab Settings'''. | ||
** Click on | ** Click on '''Default''' | ||
** Change Tab Size to 4 | ** Change Tab Size to <code>4</code> | ||
** Check the box Replace by space | ** Check the box '''Replace by space''' | ||
** Note: if you are going to be using the program as a general editor you can customize which file types this tab to space conversion applies to. | ** Note: if you are going to be using the program as a general editor you can customize which file types this tab to space conversion applies to. |
Revision as of 14:58, 31 January 2011
If you are going to work on the viewer code you need to conform to the Coding Standard. Standards your editor must support:
- Lines must end with a
LF
(linefeed) character. - A tab must generate 4 spaces.
Notepad++
Configuring Notepad++ (download Notepad++)
- Line ending
- You should not need to specify the line ending for an existing file but for a new file you will want to set Edit > EOL Conversion > UNIX Format
- Tab spacing
- Go to Settings > Preferences > Language Menu/Tab Settings.
- Click on Default
- Change Tab Size to
4
- Check the box Replace by space
- Note: if you are going to be using the program as a general editor you can customize which file types this tab to space conversion applies to.