Re: what is 'outline mode'?

On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 08:38:31PM +0200, Jani Averbach wrote:
> On 1 Nov 2002, Karl Fogel wrote:
> > Now, why would you ask a question like that :-) ?
>
> Heh, the reason is simple: in my humble opinion, gnu style is hard to
> read and hard to understand. Also I haven't seen so many project or code
> space that use gnu-style at the same conviction, so I was intrested
> "why gnu".

"at the same convication" ? I think that didn't translate well :-) Do you
mean "with such consistency throughout the entire codebase?" If so, well
that is just because we all believe quite strongly in a uniform format, we
chose a format before starting, and since all the code is new, we were able
to consistently use that while we developed the code.

> > The same question could be asked with any style substituted for
> > "gnu-".
>...
> there have to be some conventions. I was just curious what were those
> points to chose gnu-style.

Stylistic conventions are mostly subjective. It is very difficult to have
"points" to support or detract from any given style. What is a benefit in
the eyes of one person is a drawback to the other.

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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