Michael Droettboom wrote: > Darren Dale wrote: >> If not, should we use >> u'\xd7' or '×' in the actual sources (the latter requiring the file's >> encoding to be declared at the beginning of the file, like: # -*- coding: >> utf-8 -*-)? > In an ideal world, I would prefer the latter, but we would want to > verify that all the matplotlib developers are using an editor that > respects those tags, or we could run into surprises if the files are > accidentally re-encoded. > > Cheers, > Mike
I use a good old-fashioned editor called zed, written by an Italian named Sandro Serrafini who seems to have left no trace for several years. I have modified it slightly, and I do minimal maintenance to keep it compiling with new OS releases. Yes, I am familiar with emacs and vi and nano and gedit and jed; I periodically survey the field of editors. And yes, emacs will brew your morning coffee, but no, it won't behave in the sane ways that I like an editor to behave. So the suggestion to start using unicode in source code is a nightmare for me. Ascii is good: simple, universal, easy to work with, easy to understand. One byte, one character. Unambiguous. Undoubtedly unicode makes sense for the world in the long run, but for me it is an unadulterated pain. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
