QuakeForge Coding Style ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You /WILL/ indent with hard tabs, or you will be harmed. :) You can format for whatever tab spacing you like, but if you indent with spaces you will be hurt and you will have deserved it. :) For best results, use 4-space tabs, because that's what id used and what most of us use. Each file should have a standard comment, formatted as in the example below. Please, when you create a new file, make sure you put an ID at the bottom of the opening comment. This is something special that CVS translates into a string that shows information on what version the file is, when it was last edited, and so on. This is done by embedding [dollar sign]Id[dollar sign]. All source files MUST #include "config.h" if the symbol HAVE_CONFIG_H is defined. Likewise, no source file may be compiled multiple times to produce different object files -- one source, one object. Atop each function you write, attach a /* */ comment heading, containing the name and a short, DESCRIPTIVE summary of the function's purpose. Indent both of these with one or more tabs. The function is to immediately follow the heading, with no space between. The return type should be located on the line previous to the function's name. This is to facilitate easy searches for a function using the simple regular expression "^FuncName". Functions that do not take a value should be explicitly declared to accept void, not simply (). Please use the SECTION_ prefix for new functions. Cross-target prefixes: IN_ Input JOY_ Joystick (called by IN_* functions) R_ Rendering S_ Sound VID_ Low-level video Target-specific prefixes: CL_ Client GL_ OpenGL rendering QFGL_ OpenGL portability aids SNDDMA_ DMA Sound (called from S_*) SV_ Server SW_ Software rendering x11_ X11R6-specific window handling An example: /* filename.c Description of this file Copyright (C) 2002 Your Name This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to: Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA $Id$ */ #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H # include "config.h" #endif /* SECTION_FunctionName Description */ returntype SECTION_FunctionName (args) { type var; for (var = 0; var; var++) { // do something silly : : } } For switch statements: switch (expr) { case X: // foo : : break; case Y: // bar : : break; default: // fallthrough whatever; }