How to avoid DOS line endings in Windows tools

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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.