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| Xavier (Open ERP) (xmo-deactivatedaccount) wrote Re: Get rid of the vim directives at the end of each file | #1 |
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I don't believe it hurts anything (or anyone) to have these directives, and they're useful to vim users. What's the problem exactly?
> We shouldn't do that: it's not the source code's concern to configure the text editor.
Actually, these hints are very useful as they ensure a modicum of respect for the project's conventions, even for people who might have different conventions on other projects (and have configured their editor for those settings).
> If you can't get VIM to show the source properly, then you should use another editor.
I believe it's more about ensuring non-broken edits than about properly showing files, I'd certainly expect VI to display python files correctly even without any hint.