Coding conventions

[John Ralls]

On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Brad Grupczynski wrote:

> I can't find coding conventions. I see a mix of styles in the code. I'd like to standardize the modules I work on. e.g. 4 spaces instead of tabs, etc.
> 
> Can someone point me to them if they exist?

They don't, at least formally. If you haven't found http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development, you should read it. There's a link to http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2009-August/026121.html, where Christian posted proposed standards. He periodically runs a program called astyle (with the arguments --indent=spaces=4 --brackets=break --pad-oper --pad-header --suffix=none) on the whole tree to enforce it.

Oh, and pertinent to your last, I see that there's an Eclipse page: http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Eclipse

Regards,
John Ralls