The devlopers have done a darn good jod with DEV-C++, and so far I have not found it necessary to change any of the defaulf settings. They have earned my trust as far as that goes.
John
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general:
auto indent YES
insert mode YES
use tab character YES
smart tabs NO
keep trailing spaces NO
backspace unindents NO (doesn't work well)
group undo YES
insert dropped files NO
show hidden line characters NO
enhanced home key YES
cursor past eof NO
cursor past eol NO
double click line NO
find text at cursor YES
scrollbars as needed YES
half page scroll NO
scroll hint YES
show editor hints YES
tab size 4
right margin visible YES, width 80
hilight matching braces/parenthesis YES
display:
gutter:
visible YES
auto-size YES (doesn't make any difference)
use custom font YES
line numbers YES
start at zero NO
show leading zeros NO
note: the gutter is black at installation, and becomes gray after I open editor options and click OK (even without changing anything)
bugs in editor (at least with the above options):
- on a new line, type a tab and a space and see what happens
- on a new line, type "ab(" then press ctrl-backspace and see what happens
- on a new line, type a tab and "ab" then go between the a and b and press enter
- on a new line type 2-3 tabs and "a" then go just before the "a" and press backspace (note: backspace unindents is set to NO)
Adrian
P.S. all these in dev-c++ 4.9.8.0
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Anonymous
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2003-04-28
I always avoid using hard-tabs (use tab character NO). This is because I work on collaborative projects and if a file has been edited by different people on different editors with different hard/soft tab settings and different tab size settings, the code ends up looking a mess.
Also I have been programming for a long time, and the dot matrix printers we used to dump listings to under DOS always output hard tabs as 8 characters regardless of the editor setting, so it has also become a habit.
Most everything else is down to personal preference, the tab issue is the only thing I can think of any strong technical reason behind my preference.
Clifford.
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What do you think is the best Editor Options (General) setting?
I will tell you with some embarassment that I use whatever it comes with.
:-)
Wayne
The devlopers have done a darn good jod with DEV-C++, and so far I have not found it necessary to change any of the defaulf settings. They have earned my trust as far as that goes.
John
my settings:
general:
auto indent YES
insert mode YES
use tab character YES
smart tabs NO
keep trailing spaces NO
backspace unindents NO (doesn't work well)
group undo YES
insert dropped files NO
show hidden line characters NO
enhanced home key YES
cursor past eof NO
cursor past eol NO
double click line NO
find text at cursor YES
scrollbars as needed YES
half page scroll NO
scroll hint YES
show editor hints YES
tab size 4
right margin visible YES, width 80
hilight matching braces/parenthesis YES
display:
gutter:
visible YES
auto-size YES (doesn't make any difference)
use custom font YES
line numbers YES
start at zero NO
show leading zeros NO
note: the gutter is black at installation, and becomes gray after I open editor options and click OK (even without changing anything)
bugs in editor (at least with the above options):
- on a new line, type a tab and a space and see what happens
- on a new line, type "ab(" then press ctrl-backspace and see what happens
- on a new line, type a tab and "ab" then go between the a and b and press enter
- on a new line type 2-3 tabs and "a" then go just before the "a" and press backspace (note: backspace unindents is set to NO)
Adrian
P.S. all these in dev-c++ 4.9.8.0
I always avoid using hard-tabs (use tab character NO). This is because I work on collaborative projects and if a file has been edited by different people on different editors with different hard/soft tab settings and different tab size settings, the code ends up looking a mess.
Also I have been programming for a long time, and the dot matrix printers we used to dump listings to under DOS always output hard tabs as 8 characters regardless of the editor setting, so it has also become a habit.
Most everything else is down to personal preference, the tab issue is the only thing I can think of any strong technical reason behind my preference.
Clifford.