== Code Style ==

 * Maximum Line Width is 100 Characters.  The reason is not about people with low-res screens but rather sticking to 100 columns prevents you from easily nesting more than one level of if statements or other code blocks.
 * Use 4 Space Tabs to Indent.  With whitespace fillers.
 * No Trailing Whitespace 
 * Follow the GNU-Style guidelines.  We won't go through all of them here.


Please use the same indentation as other developers. 
Follow the style used in GNU Midnight Commander:

indent --gnu-style
--format-first-column-comments
--indent-level4
--brace-indent0
--line-length100
--no-tabs
--blank-lines-after-procedures

or in short notation:

indent -gnu -fc1 -i4 -bli0 -nut -bap -l100

== Programming Tips ==

=== Comments ===

Comments should always use the standard C syntax. C++ style comments are not currently allowed.

The lines before a comment should be empty. If the comment directly belongs to the following code, there should be no empty line after the comment, except if the comment contains a summary of multiple following code blocks.


typical structure of *.c file

{{{
/*** global variables ****************************************************************************/
}}}
{{{
/*** file scope macro definitions ****************************************************************/
}}}
{{{
/*** file scope type declarations ****************************************************************/
}}}
{{{
/*** file scope variables ************************************************************************/
}}}
{{{
/*** file scope functions ************************************************************************/
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
}}}
{{{
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/*** public functions ****************************************************************************/
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
}}}