RE: [PEAR-DEV] VIM config in PEAR files?

> > And VIM doesn't have a config file where you can set those > options for a file type?? > > It has. But how should I distinguish if I edit my personal > PHP file which has a different coding standard or if it's a > PEAR file? There is no obvious mark which tells that. Well you chose your editor, so that's really your problem. > > I think that i doesn't matter if you're writing PHP PEAR code > or just 'normal' PHP code. > > I write my code with TAB's instead of Spaces. PEAR standard > is spaces. So, actually, it does matter. Again, your editor, your problem. Presumably though Vim has sufficiently caught up with Windows based editors to have a search and replace feature? > > Or do you VIM users use for each file different options? > > As you see my personal preference is different from the PEAR > coding standard. This, however, does not only apply to PEAR > but code in gerneal. See the C source code of PHP. Every > programmer has his own, personal, preference. Yet the goal is > to have a code which does not switch between coding styles. > This is achieved by putting special commands for the > different editors in comments or whereever they fit best. I would hazard a guess that the vast majority of php developers use some sort of *nix, and thus vim, so it makes sense to use the comments. I doubt the distribution of vim vs other editors is the same with PEAR. > > Or maybe you should use a editor (joe,pico,mc editor) that > don't need a file specific config line. > > Well, they all suck big time and are not adjustable to my > personal preference. I've seen them all in my life ;) All Linux editors suck. -- Richard "Muahahahha" Heyes "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done." - Scott Adams