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List:       kwrite-devel
Subject:    Re: Better C indent (Was: Naming conventions?)
From:       Richard Smith <kde () metafoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2004-10-14 23:11:37
Message-ID: 200410150011.37664.kde () metafoo ! co ! uk
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On Thursday 14 October 2004 23:59, Anders Lund wrote:
> On Thursday 14 October 2004 20:56, Richard Smith wrote:
> > Is there a good reason why an auto-indent mode
> > selector and a Configure button couldn't be added to the file type
> > config, as an interim solution short term?
>
> The file type configuration is a mode line, you simply put "kate:
> indent-mode somemode; blah; otherconfigration value;" in it, there is no
> reason to add specific buttons for anything. Improving language specific
> configuration means doing it proper -- add GUI for *all* options, including
> a clear indication of what it falls back to. Not an easy task.

OK, that's a good enough reason for me.

> Btw: I would hate to have anyone working in kates configuration dialog
> without a discussion on the list first, a specific discussion about that
> issue, not as a sidenote to any other issue.

And I'd hate to add such code without a prior discussion focussing on it. I 
was just testing the water for such a discussion, so to speak.

> You can easily use a variable to allow additional configuration, since you
> can query the document for a variable at any time, and also connect to a
> signal emitted when a variable is set.

That sounds like a good solution for now.
--
Thanks,
Richard
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