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Coding style for non-Java files (use tabs as spaces?)

nico_rehwaldt — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:51:55 GMT

I wonder if there is any particular coding style for non-Java classes in the Activiti project. My actual concern is how tabs should be handled in non-Java files, e.g. xml documents. The Activiti coding style for java (http://svn.codehaus.org/activiti/activiti/trunk/eclipse/) uses tabs-as-spaces and

Re: Coding style for non-Java files (use tabs as spaces?)

bernd_ruecker — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:27:36 GMT

+1! Could you maybe propose a style to the code base? Any objections?

Re: Coding style for non-Java files (use tabs as spaces?)

tombaeyens — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:50:53 GMT

spaces always has preference.
and 2 space indents.
also for non java files like xml files.

for those places where we didn't do it properly, switching to spaces might be a pain to track real differences. so i think that a general change and replace operation could bring more hassle then it solves.

nevertheless it's certainly good if everyone could set their indents to 2 spaces and no tabs.

Re: Coding style for non-Java files (use tabs as spaces?)

nico_rehwaldt — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:31:05 GMT

Thanks for the clarification!