Re: [orbitcpp-list] problem with emacs and tab formatting!

[Phil D. <ph...@us...>]

"Braden N. McDaniel" wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Phil Dawes wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've just realised a problem with tab formatting that I hadn't
> > considered:
> >
> > For functions with many arguments, I tend to do:
> >
> >       thisIsALongMethodName(FirstArg arg1,
> >                             SecondArg arg2,
> >                             ThirdArg arg3)
> >
> > However, when you set emacs to do tab formatting, it uses tabs in the
> > second and third arg lines, which of course gets a bit out when you
> > change the tab stop size. Has anybody managed to get emacs to 'do the
> > right thing'? (i.e. tab to alignment with the start of the method, and
> > then space the rest)
> 
> <URL:http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/835/2000/3/0/3377470/>
> 
> Eloquently:
> 
> <URL:http://www.jwz.org/doc/tabs-vs-spaces.html>
> 
> ;-)
> 

Hi Braden,

You're right! Sorry - I somehow didn't register the

   void Class::method(Type arg1,
                      Type arg2)
   {}

problem when you mentioned it (got to ammend my skim reading habits so
that I actually take things in ;-).

I still like the ability to vary the tab width though - I've got a 19
inch monitor at home, and a small laptop. I use 4 tabs on the former and
2 on the latter (hence me noticing the problem). Ideally for me, I'll
configure emacs to tab align with the start of the method and then space
the rest - Unless I'm missing something, this should then scale
appropriately with tab width.

Andreas - what do you think? Does this sound over complicated? - Maybe
we should move to spaces?


Thanks for the feedback Braden - I enjoyed reading your critique,

Cheers,

Phil.