Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH] templates: update vim modeline for makefile and kconfig files

[Alexander Dahl via ptxdist <ptxdist@pengutronix.de>]

Hello,

Am Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 11:42:31AM +0200 schrieb Michael Olbrich:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 11:35:34AM +0200, Bruno Thomsen wrote:
> > Den tors. 24. jul. 2025 kl. 09.51 skrev Markus Heidelberg <M.Heidelberg@cab.de>:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 07:03:42PM +0200, Bruno Thomsen wrote:
> > > > Den ons. 23. jul. 2025 kl. 09.11 skrev Michael Olbrich
> > > > <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 09:22:55PM +0200, Bruno Thomsen wrote:
> > > > > > Setup sane editor default using vim modeline.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > sed -i "s/syntax=make/ft=make noet tw=72 ts=8 sw=8/g" rules/templates/*-make
> > > > >
> > > > > tw=72 is fine for the .in files. That will give a good flow for the help
> > > > > text. Most of the rest will be shorter anyways.
> > > > >
> > > > > But the makefiles have longer lines. The banner above the stage are already
> > > > > 78 chars wide and many of the variables at the top as well.
> > > > > And for the rest, readability really depends  on the content and a defined
> > > > > textwidth suggests a hard limit that I don't want to set.
> > > > >
> > > > > Maybe a soft visual limit with cc=80 instead?
> > > >
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > Maybe drop tw on both and use cc=80 on kconfig (as you suggested)
> > > > and cc=100 on makefiles?
> > >
> > > I don't think such a visual setting should be imposed on the user and
> > > could annoy some, myself included ;)
> > >
> > > Is this a problem in practice that has to be tackled at all?
> 
> I do request more line-breaks when I review patches. It's not that often
> that I think we need urgent changes. But defining a good default in some
> way makes sense.
> 
> > Indentation and file format are my primary reasons for adding modeline.
> > Make it much easier to work on when you switch between 5-10 formats
> > each day.
> 
> So vim detect the file format for kconfig without any help. But I don't
> mind adding it explicitly.

Not on my machine(s), at least not for files named 'package.in' like in
ptxdist.  It does only set ft=kconfig automatically for files named
'Kconfig' like in the linux kernel source tree.

> For 'noet ts=8 sw=8' we could also create a editorconfig file. That would
> work with more editors (with the appropriate plugins).

+1 for that.

> > Personally I like to have automation tell me when lines need to be broken,
> > as it can generally give you a hit if you should refactor a code section for
> > smaller indentation so it's easier to read.
> 
> Lets do tw=80 for the .in files and no width limit (for now) for the .make
> files.

Ack.

Greets
Alex