On 28 January 2013 12:37, Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Sunday 27 January 2013 13:21:27 Pacho Ramos wrote: >> The problem is that it doesn't work so well. If I have the following at >> src_prepare (for example): >> src_prepare() { >> DOC_CONTENTS="You must create a symlink rom /etc/splash/tuxonice >> to the theme you want tuxonice to use, e.g.: \n >> # ln -sfn /etc/splash/emergence /etc/splash/tuxonice >> \n" >> ... >> >> and I handle ${DOC_CONTENTS} with quotes, it will end writing that tabs >> also in generated file as the contents of the variable will be put >> as-is. On the other hand, if I don't put it between quotes > > forcibly normalizing whitespace for all callers is wrong imo (as is sending it > through `fmt`). if the caller gave you content to write, it should write it. > if the caller didn't want tabs, it shouldn't have used it in the first place. > -mike
I've started using this eclass, but with README files, not the variable, because this is currently the only way I can make sure it honours my formatting. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin