What is the proper indent style for FDP?

Allan Jude allanjude at freebsd.org
Sat Jul 18 22:22:53 UTC 2015


On 2015-07-18 18:18, Allan Jude wrote:
> On 2015-07-18 18:13, Hoyoung Kim wrote:
>> Hello. I'm curious about indentation style.
>> Which is the proper one when dealing with FDP xml files?
>>
>> The original FDP files follow the style like this:
>>
>>       <para>We have tried to keep the number of forward references in
>>         the text to a minimum so that you can read this section of the
>>         Handbook from front to back with the minimum page flipping
>>         required.</para>
>>
>> This is another example:
>>
>>     <listitem>
>>       <para>Introduce you to X, the &unix; windowing system, and
>>         detail how to configure a desktop environment that makes
>>         you more productive.</para>
>>     </listitem>
>>
>> However, when I press P in Vim Visual mode to reformat selected text,
>> the style changes like this:
>>
>>       <para>We have tried to keep the number of forward references in
>>       the text to a minimum so that you can read this section of the
>>       Handbook from front to back with the minimum page flipping
>>       required.</para>
>>
>> And this:
>>
>>     <listitem> <para>Introduce you to X, the &unix; windowing
>>     system, and detail how to configure a desktop environment that
>>     makes you more productive.</para> </listitem>
>>
>> All the original files follow the former style, but FDP Primer suggests
>> the latter style.
>> (https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/editor-config.html#editor-config-vim)
>>
>>
>> I want to know whether the latter style is allowed or not. Should I
>> manually indent paragraphs after pressing P?
>>
>> Thanks.
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> 
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style-guide.html#writing-style-indentation
> 
> two spaces per indent, one indent per tag. 8 spaces = a real tab. No
> spaces before a real tab. No whitespace at the end of the line.
> 

To answer your question better, the content of the <para> should be
indented, so the vim auto-formatting is not doing it correctly.

The first 2 examples are correct

-- 
Allan Jude

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