[rfc-i] draft-iab-xml2rfc-02 - alignment of sourcecode

[pkyzivat at alum.mit.edu (Paul Kyzivat)]

On 2/4/16 8:53 PM, Martin J. D?rst wrote:
> On 2016/02/05 06:04, Paul Hoffman wrote:
>> Thanks for the example! (PaulK, I assume that your ideas might match
>> Tony's.) However, I disagree with the utility. See below.
>
> (actual code removed)
>
>>> In my mind, that indentation of the second block looks rather weird.
>>
>> And our minds definitely differ. If someone is reading the RFC and see
>> the proper indentation, they would assume that the second block is at
>> the same level as the first block. For my eyes, your example is exactly
>> why we *don't* want to let authors move their <sourcecode> horizontally
>> in the output.
>
> For the record, I'd tend to be with Paul on this one.

You need to be more specific about your Pauls, since this discussion is 
Paul vs. Paul. From context I guess you mean you are with Paul H.

	Thanks,
	Paul K.

> It may be
> different if it's in a different section, and presented independently.
> On the other hand, it might be better to tighten up the expository style
> (separate text and source more), or to extract code blocks into
> functions so that each piece can stand on its own.
>
> BTW, do we have the possibility to add line numbers to source code
> blocks? That can often be very handy.
>
> Regards,   Martin.
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