David N. Welton <davidw@dedasys.com> wrote:
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| Rob Warnock <nobody@localhost> wrote:
| >| David N. Welton <davidw@dedasys.com> wrote: [with indenting fixed --rpw3]
| 
| I saw someone else use more C like indenting, and I like the idea.
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Well no-one else on comp.lang.scheme or comp.lang.lisp "likes" it
[and I'm being polite -- opinions tend to get much more violent
than this even]. It's a clear mark of someone who programs in C
and hasn't yet come to terms with prefix notation. Many people
won't even bother to take the time to read an article containing
code formatted in C style.

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| makes the code more readable even when I'm not using emacs 
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Learn to read & indent in proper Scheme (or Lisp) style, where
programmers read the *indenting*, not opening parens and *especially*
not the closing parens (which are just line noise and should always
be bunched up on the first possible line).

And you don't have to use Emacs -- I code with "vi" (nvi-1.79, to be
exact), others use "vim" or similar. All support matching-paren flashing
and jumping, and adequate auto-indenting (though "vi" sometimes needs
a little manual assistance).

["Vi" reformatting tip: Set the shiftwidth to 1 (":se sw=1"), then put
the cursor on an open paren and type "<%" or ">%" to shift the entire
s-expr left or right one space (no matter how many lines it spans).
Type "d%" to delete an entire s-expr. "P" to paste it. Etc.]


-Rob

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