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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: compiling error
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Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com> writes:

> I don't in general like to have editors try to "help" me while I'm
> typing. But any attempts to tailor the "help" to my personal
> preferences seem to cause the thing to go crazy. I imagine there
> will be some improvement on this over time, but its really annoying
> when something so integral to the everyday use doesn't work
> right. (I can deal with some sideline feature that is only
> occasionally used not working as intended, but when you're doing
> something common - like typing - its annoying not having that work
> well.)

I used to change the GLIDE defaults (2 spaces standard indent instead
of 3, etc) but have now decided that it's easiest to go with the flow
on this one. Partly affected by being on a project with 20+ other
developers .. in GLIDE the customisations aren't all that easy to
spread about the team.