| $Id$ |
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| __________ __ ___. |
| Open \______ \ ____ ____ | | _\_ |__ _______ ___ |
| Source | _// _ \_/ ___\| |/ /| __ \ / _ \ \/ / |
| Jukebox | | ( <_> ) \___| < | \_\ ( <_> > < < |
| Firmware |____|_ /\____/ \___ >__|_ \|___ /\____/__/\_ \ |
| \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ |
| Contribution Policies |
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| In order for the project to run as smoothly as possible, it's best if all |
| contributors adhere to a few simple source code conventions: |
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| Exceptions |
| ---------- |
| This project borrows and imports quite a lot of code from other free software |
| projects. We do not change style of such code unless we really have to, even |
| though they might be using style very different from others. |
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| Language |
| -------- |
| Write all code in C. Sometimes assembly is faster, but C is always more |
| readable and maintainable. |
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| Language features |
| ----------------- |
| Write normal C code. Don't redefine the language. No new types (structs are |
| structs, not typedefs), no C++isms or Javaisms. |
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| Names |
| ----- |
| Variables and function names should be all lower case. |
| Preprocessor symbols should be all uppercase. |
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| Comments |
| -------- |
| We only use plain old /* C standard comments */. |
| If you want to comment out large blocks containing other comments, use #if 0. |
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| Style |
| ----- |
| When changing code, follow the code style of the file you are editing. |
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| When writing new files, you may use the brace placement style of your choice. |
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| Always indent your code with four spaces. Don't use TAB characters, as that |
| will mess up code display in CVS, printing, and a zillion other places. |
| |
| Keep lines below 80 columns length. Use whitespace and newlines to make the |
| code easy to browse/read. |
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| Text format |
| ----------- |
| Use "unix style" line feeds: "LF" only. Do not use "CR+LF". |
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| Use ISO-8859-1 character set, but try to refrain from using any non-ascii |
| letters as they will only appear weird in some camps no matter what. |
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| Patches |
| ------- |
| Create a patch using 'cvs diff -ub'. |
| Trim your patches so they only contain relevant changes. |
| |
| Submit your patch to the project via our patch tracker: |
| http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/index.php?type=4 |
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| Credits |
| ------- |
| We believe in crediting all contributors by name. Before committing a patch to |
| CVS, we ask that you give us your full real name (no pseudonyms or nicknames) |
| for adding to the credits list. |