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diff --git a/CodingStyle b/CodingStyle new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c47c015 --- /dev/null +++ b/CodingStyle @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +LCD4Linux Coding Style + +We decided to use a common coding style to make patches and diffs +easier to read and apply. + +The style we use is based on Kernighan & Ritchie and the coding style +of the linux kernel (see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/CodingStyle), +with some differences: + +- we use a indentation level of 4 spaces (Linus prefers 8) +- we allow lines up to 150 chars (Linus uses 80) + +The resulting indent command is: +indent -kr -l150 + +There's a script called 'indent.sh' that comes with the LCD4Linux +source package; all it does is call indent with all .c and .h files. + +It is always a good idea to call 'indent.sh' before any CVS operation, +this ensures that diffs and updates won't get mixed up because of +cosmetic changes. + |