Jim C. Nasby wrote: > On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 07:22:45PM +0100, Gregory Stark wrote: > > "Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Has anyone considered adding vi/vim options to the files themselves? > > > Granted, not a trivial task, but it would ensure anyone using vim would > > > have the correct settings. I don't know if emacs has the same ability > > > (I've seen the "Hey emacs, this is a C file" stuff...) > > > > Certainly it does; it even knows that certain variables are safe to allow > > files to set without warning the user and it has the indention marked as > > such. > > > > I think this would be what you would want. > > > > /* > > * Local variables: > > * eval: (c-set-style "bsd") > > * tab-width: 4 > > * c-basic-offset: 4 > > * End: > > */ > > > > But it would have to be on the end of every single file which would be > > pretty > > heavyweight. > > Yeah, which is the real question... do people think it's worth it enough > to move towards doing that? Of course the nice thing is that *anyone* > (even me :) ) could produce a patch to do that.
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