On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:34 AM, <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > > Don't go reindenting the entire file without explicit request. Whenever > something happens to me like that, I am lost in the code. Usually the > indentation is more correct than the parentheses, even when my editor > provides no automatic support, and I use the indentation as a guide to > find my way around, and to guide me when I insert parentheses.
Students, in particular, should get used to frequent autoindenting rather than manually inserting spaces. Then, if the indentation of a section ever looks different than you felt it should, that's where your mistake is. As for when to do it, I think a nice compromise between "force autoindent-all" and "don't perform magic behind the student's back" is to track the dirty state of autoindentation, and disallow the "run" button until "autoindent-all" is clicked. martin _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
