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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2006-09-07 00:08:43 +0000
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Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Wed Sep 6 18:02:57 EDT 2006
+ Last updated: Wed Sep 6 20:08:24 EDT 2006
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us)
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ General Questions
applied to the distribution. This produces context diffs, which is our
preferred format.
- Our standard format is to indent each code level with one tab, where
- each tab is four spaces. You will need to set your editor to display
- tabs as four spaces:
+ Our standard format BSD style, with each level of code indented one
+ tab, where each tab is four spaces. You will need to set your editor
+ or file viewer to display tabs as four spaces:
vi in ~/.exrc:
set tabstop=4
set sw=4
@@ -287,40 +287,10 @@ General Questions
more -x4
less:
less -x4
- emacs:
- M-x set-variable tab-width
-
- or
-
- (c-add-style "pgsql"
- '("bsd"
- (indent-tabs-mode . t)
- (c-basic-offset . 4)
- (tab-width . 4)
- (c-offsets-alist .
- ((case-label . +)))
- )
- nil ) ; t = set this style, nil = don't
-
- (defun pgsql-c-mode ()
- (c-mode)
- (c-set-style "pgsql")
- )
-
- and add this to your autoload list (modify file path in macro):
-
- (setq auto-mode-alist
- (cons '("\\`/home/andrew/pgsql/.*\\.[chyl]\\'" . pgsql-c-mode)
- auto-mode-alist))
- or
- /*
- * Local variables:
- * tab-width: 4
- * c-indent-level: 4
- * c-basic-offset: 4
- * End:
- */
+ The tools directory of the latest sources contains sample settings
+ that can be used with the emacs, xemacs and vim editors, that assist
+ in keeping to PostgreSQL coding standards.
pgindent will the format code by specifying flags to your operating
system's utility indent. This article describes the value of a
consistent coding style.