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<p>Created page with &#039;__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ {{Man1top |lang=en |rev=1.0.6 |Title=Chapter XII. Development guidelines |prev=Man 1 ch11s05 |Subtitle=Part 3. Developing Bluefish…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>__NOTOC__<br /> __NOEDITSECTION__<br /> {{Man1top<br /> |lang=en<br /> |rev=1.0.6<br /> |Title=Chapter&amp;nbsp;XII.&amp;nbsp;Development guidelines<br /> |prev=Man 1 ch11s05<br /> |Subtitle=Part&amp;nbsp;3.&amp;nbsp;Developing Bluefish<br /> |next=Man 1 ch12s02<br /> }}<br /> == Chapter XII. Development guidelines ==<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;float:right; background-color:#E5ECF9;border:1px solid #3061C2;&quot;&gt;<br /> *[[# Indenting and formating style|1. Indenting and formating style]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch12s02|2. Naming]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch12s03|3. Declaring procedures]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch12s04|4. Header files]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch12s05|5. New files]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch12s06|6. File reference]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch12s07|7. Patches]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch12s08|8. Translations]] <br /> **[[Man 1 ch12s08#|po-files-introduction 8.1. Introduction]] <br /> **[[Man 1 ch12s08#|po-files-basics 8.2. PO files basics]] <br /> **[[Man 1 ch12s08#|po-files-shortcuts 8.3. Shortcut keys]] <br /> **[[Man 1 ch12s08#|po-files-contribute 8.4. How to contribute]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch12s09|9. Some tips]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch12s10|10. Making releases]] <br /> *[[Man 1 ch12s11|11. Useful stuff]] <br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> Work hard but have fun!<br /> <br /> == 1. Indenting and formating style ==<br /> Indenting can be done with the &#039;&#039;&#039;indent&#039;&#039;&#039; command line tool. Bluefish uses tabs - not spaces, and I&#039;ll explain why.<br /> <br /> Some programmers prefer a lot of indenting, 8 characters, some prefer less, 3 characters. If Bluefish code was indented with spaces, these programmers had a problem, they would have to change the files to view it in their favourite layout. But because we use tabs, these programmers can simply set the tab width to a different value, and without changing the files it looks good for both programmers!<br /> <br /> To indent properly with &#039;&#039;&#039;indent&#039;&#039;&#039;, issue this command:<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;$&#039;&#039;&#039; indent --line-length 100 --k-and-r-style --tab-size 4 \<br /> -bbo --ignore-newlines bluefishcode.c<br /> <br /> Comment all public functions like it is done in bf_lib.c and gtk_easy.c (javadoc style, with some small differences), this can be used to create a function reference.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Man1bottom<br /> |prev=Man 1 ch11s05<br /> |up=Man 1 pt03<br /> |next=Man 1 ch12s02<br /> |prevname= 5.&amp;nbsp;Options in the Images Tab<br /> |nextname=2.&amp;nbsp;Naming<br /> }}</div>

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