Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Add .dir-locals.el file to configure emacs coding style

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 02:41:42PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 4 June 2015 at 14:30, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Some default emacs setups indent by 2 spaces and uses tabs
> > which is counter to the QEMU coding style rules. Adding a
> > .dir-locals.el file in the top level of the GIT repo will
> > inform emacs about the QEMU coding style, and so assist
> > contributors in avoiding common style mistakes before
> > they submit patches.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  .dir-locals.el | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 .dir-locals.el
> >
> > diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..3ac0cfc
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/.dir-locals.el
> > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> > +((c-mode . ((c-file-style . "stroustrup")
> > +           (indent-tabs-mode . nil))))
> 
> My .emacs defines a style like this:
> 
> (defconst qemu-c-style
>   '((indent-tabs-mode . nil)
>     (c-basic-offset . 4)
>     (tab-width . 8)
>     (c-comment-only-line-offset . 0)
>     (c-offsets-alist . ((statement-block-intro . +)
>                         (substatement-open . 0)
>                         (label . 0)
>                         (statement-cont . +)
>                         (innamespace . 0)
>                         (inline-open . 0)
>                         ))
>     (c-hanging-braces-alist .
>                             ((brace-list-open)
>                              (brace-list-intro)
>                              (brace-list-entry)
>                              (brace-list-close)
>                              (brace-entry-open)
>                              (block-close . c-snug-do-while)
>                              ;; structs have hanging braces on open
>                              (class-open . (after))
>                              ;; ditto if statements
>                              (substatement-open . (after))
>                              ;; and no auto newline at the end
>                              (class-close)
>                              ))
>     )
>   "QEMU C Programming Style")
> 
> which is a superset of Stroustrup and gets a few more
> corner cases right, I think.

I'm not fussed about what we use as long as we have something, so I'm
happy to do a v3 using your suggested style instead :)

Regards,
Daniel
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