Re: [Texmacs-dev] {OT} edit_main_rep::show_tree

[Karl M. Hegbloom]

On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 18:33, Nix N. Nix wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 19:42, Salman Khilji wrote:
> [...]
> > However I think code should be left in the state which makes is easier for 
> > anybody to understand.
> ... and therewith doth the problem lie: Easier for some to understand
> implies harder for others to understand.  I don't think there is a
> single style which everybody likes better than some other style.
> 
> Besides, a major part of the TeXmacs-Scheme battle consists simply of
> getting used to the formatting.  I only ever do the copy-re-indent-read
> process if it's /really/ difficult to understand the code as distributed
> with TeXmacs.  This happens more and more rarely, as I get more and more
> familiar with the code.

What do you read/edit code with?  I, personally, use XEmacs.  The
Meta-Rightarrow and Meta-Leftarrow keys perform "forward-sexp" and
"backward-sexp", respectivly.  That means they hop forward and backward
across either a token, a set of quotation marks, or a paren / brace
group.  The other related feature that I like quite a lot is
paren-match, where it highlights an entire parenthesised or brace
surrounded expression when the cursor is before or after the paren or
brace.  These two features make getting around in and seeing the
wrapping of scheme code a lot simpler.  They are also very useful in C++
code.

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Karl M. Hegbloom <address@hidden>