Re: [exim-dev] exim .editorconfig -- any objections?

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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] exim .editorconfig -- any objections?
On 28/08/15 04:20, Phil Pennock wrote:
> In closing an old review PR on GitHub, I saw that I'd suggested that
> rather than add vim directives to files in Exim's tree, we should
> consider using EditorConfig. And that was two years ago.
>
> So, uh, let's try that?
>
> Anyone object to my merging in this `.editorconfig` file in the
> top-level of the Exim tree?
>
> http://git.exim.org/users/pdp/exim.git/commitdiff/bf5ffbb0aff762cd4640141a76a3afebad02ad89
> https://github.com/Exim/exim/compare/editorconfig
>
> I _think_ that it reflects what's as close to common practice as we
> come.


If it works with whatever vi-de-jour I happen to be using, I guess
it's ok. I see vim is specifically noted on the website as requiring
a plugin to work with it, along with a lot of other editors.

Can it handle the other things I commonly set in a vi: config line;
autowrite, autoindent?
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Cheers,
Jeremy