Re: Scheme coding style

[Thomas Morley]

2015-05-29 21:25 GMT+02:00 Simon Albrecht <address@hidden>:
> Hello,
>
> a while ago I found this document on what appear to be very widely accepted
> standards for formatting scheme code:
> <http://community.schemewiki.org/?scheme-style>. I find it very useful and
> it seems to be altogether uncontroversial while warranting good legibility.
> Do we also accept these guidelines in our use of scheme? If yes, we should
> consider documenting them, or rather, referencing them in our docs.

It's already mentioned in:
CG 10.3.2 Desired file formatting
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/contributor/programming-without-compiling

> This
> could be
> – in the usage manual
> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/usage/general-suggestions>,
> where the corresponding Lilypond coding recommendations are found.
> – in the scheme tutorial
> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/extending/scheme-tutorial>, but
> where? Someone who is completely new to scheme will not make much use of
> style instructions.
> – the Learning Manual would be best for propagating their use, but that
> doesn’t actually introduce scheme, does it? (thinking aloud…)
> What do you prefer? I could elaborate the change also.
>
> Yours, Simon