Introduction - If you have any usage issues, please Google them yourself
ACE Software Development Guidelines
General
Every text file must end with a newline.
Use spaces instead of tabs, except in Makefiles. Emacs users can add this to their .emacs:
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
Microsoft Visual C++ users should do the following:
Choose: Tools-- Options-- Tabs
Then Set: "Tab size" to 8 and "Indent size" to 2, and
indent using spaces.
Do not end text lines with spaces. Emacs users can add this to their .emacs:
(setq-default nuke-trailing-whitespace-p t)
Newer versions of emacs will require the following instead:
(add-hook before-save-hook delete-trailing-whitespace)
Note for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Users:
There is a macro project (ace_guidelines.vsmacros) located in $ACE_ROOT/docs that replaces tabs with spaces and removes trailing spaces each time you save a file.