From 0e4cc0c17f1ae9f443d3a3f8595843a895d0c69d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Roessler Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 10:15:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Replace style-guide by some more general notes on mutt development. --- doc/{style-guide => devel-notes.txt} | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) rename doc/{style-guide => devel-notes.txt} (50%) diff --git a/doc/style-guide b/doc/devel-notes.txt similarity index 50% rename from doc/style-guide rename to doc/devel-notes.txt index 3bd2b9147..17fb2278e 100644 --- a/doc/style-guide +++ b/doc/devel-notes.txt @@ -1,11 +1,32 @@ +Developers' notes +================= + +If you are planning to hack on mutt, please subscribe to the +mutt-dev mailinglist (mutt-dev@mutt.org, contact +majordomo@mutt.org). Announcements about recent development +versions go to that mailing list, as go technical discussions and +patches. + +You'll need several GNU development utilities for working on mutt: + +- automake + +- autoconf + +- autoheader + +- GNU make may be needed for the dependency tricks + +- The i18n stuff requires GNU gettext. See intl/VERSION for the + version we are currently relying on. Please note that using + gettext-0.10 will most probably not work - get the latest test + release from alpha.gnu.org, it's the recommended version of + gettext anyway. + + Mutt Programming Style Guide ============================ -This information is meant for those of you who are hacking -on Mutt and submitting patches to me. If you follow these -guidelines, it will make it much easier for me to -integrate patches. - - global functions should have the prefix "mutt_". All other functions should be declared "static". @@ -23,3 +44,5 @@ integrate patches. - when adding new options, make the old behaviour the default. Please include the new option and it's default setting with the global Muttrc file. + +- try to keep mutt as portable as possible. -- 2.40.0