gnu.misc.discuss
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: indent problem

Subject: Re: indent problem
From: Miles Bader
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:20:42 +0900
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
"s. keeling" <keeling@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I think it depends on what you've taught yourself.  I've taught myself
> to expect that that brace should be at the end of the line, so I have
> no trouble finding it.

That's the case with many formatting issues, but I think it's less clear
here -- something on a line by itself in a fixed position is rather
starkly obvious, even when not looking carefully.  Something at the end
of a line of text requires more searching, even if you know to be
looking for it.

-Miles

-- 
"Most attacks seem to take place at night, during a rainstorm, uphill,
 where four map sheets join."   -- Anon. British Officer in WW I

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>