From: chris@hollis-locke.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] acme fonts
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:04:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1A9Rel-0005it-0Z@anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <653c7bb3bdcf917cbe19bdad820368aa@plan9.bell-labs.com>
presotto@closedmind.org wrote:
> Proportionally spaced fonts could be liberating, but don't
> seem so in practice. I find that all of the code lines up
> nicely when I use the same font as the author (Rob included).
> Perhaps we just need more time to liberate ourselves.
>
The main problem I've seen here is how acme handles tabs.
Obviously there are other bits of code layout that will line up
in a CW font that wont in a VW font but for the most part I use
tabs for alignment. Most important to me is 'leading edge' alignment
I am not too bothered about ragged trailing edges.
Maybe something like:
When doing tab calculation dont use the current character pos,
instead treat every preceeding char on the line as width 1em even
if it is less. Set your tab width to 4em and I think you'll get
quite nice results irrespective of CW/VW font.
Obviously this only goes for newly written code - those extra tabs
to line up old code under the old tabbing scheme will throw it out,
but once prettied up, it will stay prettied up for everyone.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-14 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-14 12:17 David Presotto
2003-10-14 15:51 ` Rob Pike
2003-10-15 3:27 ` david presotto
2003-10-14 16:04 ` chris [this message]
[not found] <CAA8EjDRkQDO+wL1tuTQ6GMxs7rqNji4qFM80F5Kz-H0UR24R4w@mail.gmail.com>
2020-07-21 23:21 ` Acme fonts Anthony Martin
2020-07-22 18:52 ` [9fans] " Russ Cox
2020-07-22 22:47 ` Charles Forsyth
2020-07-22 23:05 ` Rob Pike
2020-07-23 3:38 ` ori
2020-07-23 4:31 ` Rob Pike
2020-07-23 5:27 ` Lucio De Re
2020-07-23 13:08 ` Ethan Gardener
2020-11-20 21:31 ` Yaroslav K
2020-11-20 22:01 ` Stuart Morrow
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-12-11 18:45 [9fans] Acme: fonts Blake McBride
2013-12-11 18:52 ` andrey mirtchovski
2013-12-11 19:05 ` Christopher Wilson
2013-12-11 19:12 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-11 19:15 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-11 19:19 ` Christopher Wilson
2013-12-11 19:26 ` sl
2013-12-11 19:33 ` Rubén Berenguel
2013-12-11 19:50 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-11 19:53 ` Rubén Berenguel
2013-12-11 20:04 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-11 20:12 ` Rubén Berenguel
2013-12-11 20:26 ` Mark van Atten
2013-12-11 20:03 ` sl
2013-12-11 20:06 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-11 20:30 ` sl
2013-12-11 20:40 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-11 20:47 ` Mark van Atten
2013-12-11 21:04 ` sl
2013-12-11 20:15 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2013-12-11 20:38 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-11 21:10 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-11 21:14 ` andrey mirtchovski
2013-12-11 21:21 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-11 21:25 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-11 21:25 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2013-12-11 21:56 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-11 22:00 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2013-12-11 22:05 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-11 22:08 ` Mark van Atten
2013-12-11 19:32 ` Oleksandr Iakovliev
2003-10-13 16:43 [9fans] acme fonts Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-10-13 16:49 ` David Presotto
2003-10-13 16:56 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-10-13 19:02 ` vdharani
2003-10-13 19:35 ` Dan Cross
2003-10-14 8:09 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-10-14 8:13 ` Rob Pike
2003-10-14 11:17 ` David Presotto
2003-10-14 23:44 ` George Michaelson
2003-10-15 5:30 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-10-15 10:28 ` Brantley Coile
2003-10-14 19:36 ` vdharani
2003-10-15 5:40 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-10-14 0:04 ` rob pike, esq.
2003-10-15 7:29 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
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