[PATCH 3 of 5] extensions: improve the consistency of synopses

[Matt Mackall]

On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 12:31 +0200, Martin Geisler wrote:
> Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan at ochtman.nl> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:44, Martin Geisler<mg at lazybytes.net> wrote:
> >> The main texts are wrapped at 70 chars, partly because it is the default
> >> in Emacs and partly because it gives a nice indent on both sides (though
> >> it's 4 chars on left and 10 on right). We could increase this to 76
> >> chars to get a symmetric indent?
> >
> > BTW, I think it being the default in Emacs is not a very good reason
> > at all. We're keeping to 80 chars for the code, why not do the same
> > for comments?
> 
> Yeah, it's not a very good reason, but it is one of the reasons for the
> current style. Having a symmetic margin/indent is a better reason in my
> opinion.
> 
> What do people think about adding a local-variables block at the bottom
> of each file:
> 
> # Local Variables:
> # fill-column: 76
> # End:

Yuck.

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