[photran] Re: Configuring Fixed Form Line Width

["Thomas, Justin W." <jthomas@xxxxxxx>]

Please see below. I had tried to send this earlier, but it bounced because I
goofed and entered the wrong email in my subscription.

BTW, I confirmed the same problem in the Linux installation that I have.

Many thanks,

Justin


On 7/10/10 1:53 PM, "Thomas, Justin W." <jthomas@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am a experienced Fortran programmer, but I am brand new to Eclipse and
> Photran, and fairly new to IDEs in general.  I recently installed the latest
> versions of Eclipse and Photran on my Macbook. I have existing Fortran-based
> codes that I would like to incorporate into Photran.
> 
> I was going through the tutorials/manuals today. I noticed that in the Photran
> documentation, there is a section "Configuring Fixed Form Line Width" that
> describes how to configure the editor to interpret fixed-source lines as 132
> columns rather than the 72 column default. Unfortunately, when I open the
> Workbench Preferences (or in my case Eclipse Preferences), there is no field
> for "fixed form line length". I attached a screenshot of my menu. Am I missing
> something?
> 
> I understand that this will not affect my ability to compile my 132-column
> fixed source programs, since these settings will be in the makefile anyway.
> Also, I could use an external editor if this bothers me enough. I just thought
> I would ask in case I missed something.
> 
> Many thanks. From what I have seen so far in the manuals, I am excited to
> begin developing with Photran.
> 
> Justin
> 
> ___________________________________
> Justin W. Thomas 
> Nuclear Engineering Division
> Argonne National Laboratory
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> Argonne, IL 60439
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> 

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Justin W. Thomas 
Nuclear Engineering Division
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue Bldg 208
Argonne, IL 60439 
Phone: (630) 252-4850
Fax: (630) 252-3361