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Jeff Elliott wrote:
> 
> Selom,
> 
> I don't know anything about OWL HOW, but the reasons your code "looks like
> crap" outside of the IDE is probably because you've got "hard tabs" turned on
> in the IDE's configuration, those tabs are possibly set to some funky number
> like 3 or 5, and your code also contains a _mixture_ of the <TAB> character
> and several <SPACE> characters used for indenting each line.  In addition to
> that, you may have the "arrow over tabs" feature turned on, so you can't tell
> from the cursor's jumping around whether it hit a <TAB> or a <SPACE>
> character.
> 
> I'd recommend turning all tabbing OFF in the IDE.  This way, your indenting is
> sure to be true no matter who views it with any which editor.  If that's not
> convenient, try at least setting the tab spacing to something standard like 8
> (or if that's too large, as it usually is, try 4 -- but keep in mind the next
> guy might not have his tabs set at 4 columns).
> 
> I don't use tabs at all, but every time I press the <TAB> key my editor
> inserts spaces up to the next soft tab stop -- which is every 4 positions.
> 
> Jeff
> --
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> 
> Selom Ofori wrote:
> >
> > > There are other sites. Why don't you participate at them ?. Knowledge
> > > would get concentrated ?
> > > Check out the OWL HOW site at
> > >  http://www.tenermerx.com/owlhow/
> > > for example?
> >
> > I've seen OWL HOW but submitting information is quite a pain. there are all
> > these hoops you have to go through like making html files and formating
> > code(major problem because my code looks like crap outside the ide. I don't
> > know why the indents are screwed). Anyways, another site called
> > codeguru.com for MFC doesn't have these rules. All you need is a simple
> > text explanation and the site op does the html
Sorry, call me any name you you want, but that's so far off the topic,
that ..... Is there any point?
Regards,
J�rg