[racket] syntax, differently

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Sat Jul 31 21:39:15 EDT 2010

On Jul 31, hendrik at topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 07:24:03PM -0400, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> > 
> > Just to give an example, I use
> > 
> >   (if E1
> >     E2
> >     E3)
> > 
> > religiously (and I have detailed reasons to do so) -- even in DrRacket
> > where I can't set it to follow this indentation, I fix it manually.
> > An editor that does anything in response to that (reindents, colors it
> > in red, makes a sound) would be useless to me.
> 
> Yes, if you do that religiously, you don't need anything else.
> But if you ever make a mistake and the editor points it out, it might 
> help you remain true to your faith.

(The point there is that drracket can't do that kind of indentation,
so it will interfere instead of help.)

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