Re: Snews (+jlw): developer alert, src compatibility gone

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From: Malcolm Muir
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 00:00

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On Fri, 09 Oct 1998 17:00:55 GMT, Tony Finch <fanf@demon.net> wrote:
>peter@fokker.demon.nl (Peter Fokker) wrote:
>>
>>So, how about a code beautifier then? ISTR that there are several
>>utilities out there that allow you to change spaces to tabs
>>and vice versa. So what's the problem? A single tab per indentation
>>level, whether it is 4, 5 or 8 characters per tab, suits me fine...
>>Adding comments like your case b) is "sub-optimal" anyway.
>
>GNU indent is the canonical C reformatter -- a lot of people specify
>that part of their coding standards with a collection of flags for
>indent.

Several times in its history saw that particular tool used on Snews
source !

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Malcolm S. Muir                                Demon Internet Ltd.
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From: malcolm@demon.net (Malcolm Muir)
Subject: Re: Snews (+jlw): developer alert, src compatibility gone
Date: 1998/10/09
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