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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 <code>LF</code> (linefeed) character. | * Lines must end with a <code>LF</code> (linefeed) character. In addition to the editor specific notes below, you should consider using the Mercurial extension [http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/EolExtension EolExtension] to make line-endings less of a problem. | ||
* A tab must | * A tab must be the same width as 4 spaces. | ||
==Strip'em== | |||
*Third party tool for Visual Studio 2008/2010 to automatically convert files to specified line ending type when a file is saved. | |||
*Download and instructions: http://grebulon.com/software/stripem.php | |||
*You will need to set to save to '''Unix (LF)''' line ending and add <code>|xml</code> to the regular expression of files this tool watches. | |||
**This is done in its options floater accessed from inside Visual Studio, '''Tools''' -> '''Stripem'''. | |||
*You need to configure Visual Studio to automatically reload files that change externally. | |||
**Select '''Tools''' -> '''Options...''' -> '''Environment''' -> '''Documents''' from the VS menu. | |||
**Check '''Detect when file is changed outside the environment''' and '''Auto-load changes, if saved'''. | |||
==Notepad++== | ==Notepad++== | ||
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** Go to '''Settings''' > '''Preferences''' > '''Language Menu/Tab Settings'''. | ** Go to '''Settings''' > '''Preferences''' > '''Language Menu/Tab Settings'''. | ||
** Click on '''Default''' | ** Click on '''Default''' | ||
** Change Tab Size to <code>4</code> | ** Change '''Tab Size''' to <code>4</code> | ||
** | ** Uncheck 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. | ||
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* Tab spacing | * Tab spacing | ||
** Go to '''Tools''' > '''Options''' > '''General''' > '''Defaults''' | ** Go to '''Tools''' > '''Options''' > '''General''' > '''Defaults''' | ||
** Make sure the '''Use the tab character for indentation''' setting is | ** Make sure the '''Use the tab character for indentation''' setting is checked. | ||
** Set '''Tab Width''' to <code>4</code> | ** Set '''Tab Width''' to <code>4</code> | ||
* Visible whitespace | * Visible whitespace | ||
Latest revision as of 07:13, 11 September 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. In addition to the editor specific notes below, you should consider using the Mercurial extension EolExtension to make line-endings less of a problem. - A tab must be the same width as 4 spaces.
Strip'em
- Third party tool for Visual Studio 2008/2010 to automatically convert files to specified line ending type when a file is saved.
- Download and instructions: http://grebulon.com/software/stripem.php
- You will need to set to save to Unix (LF) line ending and add
|xmlto the regular expression of files this tool watches.- This is done in its options floater accessed from inside Visual Studio, Tools -> Stripem.
- You need to configure Visual Studio to automatically reload files that change externally.
- Select Tools -> Options... -> Environment -> Documents from the VS menu.
- Check Detect when file is changed outside the environment and Auto-load changes, if saved.
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 - Uncheck 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.
Programmer's Notepad
Configuring Programmer's Notepad (download Programmer's Notepad)
- Per-file Line-ending Setting
- You should not need to specify the line ending for an existing file but for a new file you will want to set File > Properties... > Line Endings to Unix (LF)
- To set "Unix" line endings as default for new files
- Go to Tools > Options > General > Defaults
- Set Line Endings to Unix (LF)
- Tab spacing
- Go to Tools > Options > General > Defaults
- Make sure the Use the tab character for indentation setting is checked.
- Set Tab Width to
4
- Visible whitespace
- It is convenient to be able to tell at a glance if there are incorrect characters used for indentation or line endings
- Go to Tools > Options > General > Defaults
- Check the box Visible Line Endings
- Check the box Visible Whitespace Characters
- Correcting line endings on existing files
- Go to Tools > Line Endings > Unix (LF) to convert the file