[Followup-To: set to gnu.emacs.help once again] In gnu.emacs.help Alan Mackenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To help direct the development of CC Mode, it would be useful to find > out how people use the auto-newline "minor mode" facility. If you > could spare a little time, would you answer these questions, please: A big thank you to all who responded, including another 7 who answered me by email. OK: Here are the results (Sometimes with a little necessary interpretation), with my comments. > o Do you program with auto-newline switched on (e.g. do you get NLs > inserted automatically after typing a `;' or `{')? Yes: 13 No: 6 Wow! Lots of people use auto-newline. Like some respondents, I can't stand it. It shows that we need it, and it needs to be optional. > o Did you configure this auto-newline setting yourself, and if not, are > you happy with it? Yes: 11 No: 4 No/Yes: 3 No/No: 0 Dumb double question there. Sorry. > o Are you aware of the key binding C-c C-a to toggle this mode on and > off? Yes: 6 No: 13 I counted someone who said "No, but I use the menu item" as a yes. > o How often do you use C-c C-a (or even C-c C-t) to toggle auto-newline > mode? Frequently: Seldomly: 4 Never: 14 Not a popular toggle. It would seem that most people either definitely want auto-newline or definitely don't want it. Very few seem to want to toggle it whilst editing; maybe because most people don't know it exists. > o In which language(s) (C, C++, ....) do you program in (X)Emacs? C: 14 C++: 14 Objective-C: 2 Java: 7 Pike: 0 IDL: 1 AWK: 0 Most (but not all) C hackers are also C++ hackers. It's good to see that Objective-C and IDL Modes are actually used. But where are the Pikers and Awkers? (We know that there's _at least_ one of each ;-). -- Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a"). _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs