Re: [photran] Horizontal ruler - enabling folding makes no difference

[Mike Hudson <mike_hudson_uk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Erik

I'm working with an old codebase that is fixed form, so I have no choice but to continue in the tradition. 

I know the lines are there to aid with the indentation, but I don't feel I need them. Being able to remove them should at least be possible, I think.

Cheers

Mike

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From: Erik Toussaint <eriktous@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Photran mailing list <photran@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, 25 November, 2010 13:14:20
Subject: Re: [photran] Horizontal ruler - enabling folding makes no difference

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:07:56 +0000
From: mike_hudson_uk@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: photran@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [photran] Horizontal ruler - enabling folding makes no difference

Hi

I've just installed helios from the eclipse download site:

  Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Linux Developers 1.3.1.20100916-1202 epp.package.linuxtools

  Fortran Development Tools (Photran) 6.0.5.201011100956 org.eclipse.photran.feature.group

  Linux Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Support 6.0.5.201011100956
org.eclipse.photran.intel.feature.group

  Rephraser Engine End-User Runtime 6.0.5.201011100956 org.eclipse.rephraserengine.feature.group

I can compile ok but the editor is driving me nuts. I can not get rid of the horizontal ruler using the recommended method of enabling code folding. I am using fixed form source. 

Yes, I have tried opening a new editor window and even restarting eclipse after making the change, to no avail.

The ruler itself isn't so bad, but there are margin lines being drawn (one under the "]" character, another two characters later, another at character 73) that I can't remove. I'm a new to fortran coding, so you may find my annoyance at these lines baffling! 

I am used to C and can handle indentation without a constant set of vertical lines in my face, ta very much!

Can anyone help me remove these lines, hopefully with the ruler as well!

Regards,

Mike 

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I can't answer your question, but are those margin lines really so annoying?

You say you are new to coding in fortran. I don't know exactly how new, so maybe I'm telling you something you already realize, but if you are coding in fixed-form the correct indentation is vital to producing correct code. If you start a line in the wrong column, your code will either not compile, or worse, it will compile, but do something different than you intended.
So, what I'm trying to say, is that those margin lines can prevent you from making mistakes, which may be difficult to spot, when you have to debug your code.

By the way, what are your reasons for using fixed form? Do you have to work on existing code in that style?
If you are writing new code from scratch, free form is much more preferable (in my humble opinion).

Erik.