setup ChangeLog ControlAdjuster.h ControlAdjus ...

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Thu May 5 23:17:00 GMT 2005


Brian Dessent wrote:
> Max Bowsher wrote:
>
>> One tiny issue with the log message - could you maintain proper ChangeLog
>> format, please?
>>
>> Essentially, this means
>>
>> 1. No colon after file name if followed immediately by
>> (PLACE-THAT-WAS-CHANGED).
>>
>> 2. (PLACE-THAT-WAS-CHANGED) always begins a new line unless it is
>> immediately after the file name.
>>
>> Some editors will do syntax highlighting, to help out with this.
>
> Oops.  I wasn't aware of those conventions.  I'll double check next
> time.

Thanks!

README mentions extremely briefly "ChangeLog as per GNU standards."
('$ info standards' > "Documentation" > "Change Logs"),
but in practice, I treat those as fairly flexible guidelines, and am pretty 
happy with anything which doesn't break vim's syntax highlighting of 
ChangeLogs too much.


Max.



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