Last time this was brought up only one person complained, but it really is a serious problem and we need standards. Therefore I propose the following: * All source code files MUST use soft tabs at a tabstop of 4. No hard tabs are allowed. * All source code files SHOULD have the following as the first line of the file: # -*- Mode: Tcl; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c- basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4 This is a modeline that works for both emacs and vim. * Portfiles SHOULD use soft tabs at a tabstop of 4, but implementation of this is left up to the discretion of the maintainer. * Portfiles SHOULD use the given modeline * Makefiles MUST use tabs as it is required by the syntax. Makefiles SHOULD use a tab stop of 4. * Makefiles MAY use a modeline. The following works for emacs and vim: # -*- Mode: Makefile; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*- vim:noet:sw=4:ts=4 * All other files (documentation, etc) SHOULD use soft tabs at a tabstop of 4 if the document format allows. * All other files (documentation, etc) SHOULD NOT use a modeline as it is probably meant for human consumption. Does anybody have suggestions for any changes? If not, I recommend implementing this immediately. Every time I edit a file I will be converting it to this format and committing in a separate changeset to keep the svn history and diffs clean. I recommend everybody do this. -- Kevin Ballard http://kevin.sb.org eridius@macports.org http://www.tildesoft.com