Difference between revisions of "How to avoid DOS line endings in Windows tools"
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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. | ||
* A tab must | * A tab must be the same width as 4 spaces. | ||
==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 |
Revision as of 11:51, 1 February 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 be the same width as 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
- 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