On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Neil Van Dyke <n...@neilvandyke.org> wrote: > Harry Spier wrote at 11/13/2010 08:14 PM: > > 1) Is it possible to change the indentation size in DrRacket? > 2) Can DrRacket be set up to use the tab key to indent? > > I don't know whether you're new to Lisp-parentheses languages, but it is > not-uncommon for someone brand new to want to indent code differently from > how Emacs or DrRacket do it by default. Then it seems that the vast > majority of these people quickly convert to doing it the default > Emacs/DrRacket way. > > In C-ish syntax languages, people use a 2-, 3-, or 4-space indent, or a tab > indent (with tab stops at 8 or 4 or some other number), and they snuggle or > don't snuggle curly braces, and they have indents before and/or after > unsnuggled braces, etc. There's a lot of personal preference and varying > "coding standards" in C-ish syntax. In Lisp-parens languages, there's > *much* more agreement on whitespace, and instead the many differences of > style and philosophy exhibit in how the semantics of the language is used.
Or to sum it up: "Try it for a week and you'll find that you like it" _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
