Re: outline-minor-mode heading levels in C, C++, and html

[Yuri Khan]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 at 20:59, Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> wrote:

> In elisp one uses
>
> ;;; Level 1 Heading
> ;;;; Level 2 Heading
> ;;;;; Level 3 Heading
>
> What does one use for the aforementioned major-modes to do the same ?

That would be a decision for the project maintainer to make. If you
are lucky to work on a project in C or C++ whose code style is
tailored for Emacs users.

In C++ or C that allows line comments //, I would use ///, //// and
further. If the project reserves /// for documentation comments, then
start with //// for headings.

In C that insists on /* */ comments only, /** would be for doc
comments and /*** and further free for headings.

In HTML, I’d be tempted to use natural headings <h1> <h2> and so on.

These are only examples; other people might choose different heading
styles. Like they might say “our dominant IDE uses #pragma
region/#pragma endregion for code folding”.