This file describes the coding style I prefer for the panel. If you want to
help out with panel development, please try to conform to these 'rules'.
-- Jasper

* 2006-12-26

Nick prefers to align variable declarations, so here is an updated set of rules:

- Coding style:
  o Indentation is 4 spaces. Expand tabs, i.e. only use spaces for indentation.
  o Braces are on a new line. For one-line if statements braces may be omitted.
  o Return type of function definitions on a separate line.
  o Function arguments on separate lines with the same alignment rules as 
    variable declarations.
  o Variable declarations are aligned on the variable name. Short variable 
    declarations may be combined. Example:

    static gboolean
    example_function (GtkWidget *widget,
                      Panel     *panel,
                      int        value)
    {
        XfceHandleType  type;
        const char     *string;
        int             important_value;
        int             i, n, x, y;
        /* ... */
    }

  o In header files and for static prototypes, you may align functions names as
    well as arguments. No need to limit the line length. Example:

    static gboolean     xfce_panel_long_name_for_example_function        (GtkWidget  *widget,
                                                                          Panel      *panel,
                                                                          int         value);

    static void         example_function_2                               (Panel      *panel,
                                                                          const char *value);

- ChangeLog: I use the svn2cl package to create the changelog from the SVN log
  messages. 
  o Website: http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/svn2cl/ . 
  o Current version: 0.8. 
  o Command line: svn2cl.sh --linelen=74 --break-before-msg .
  Note: I don't care about linelen, but with this parameter the changes with
        previous ChangeLog were smallest.

- Patches: use 'svn diff' to create patches if possible, or 'diff -u'.

- If you have SVN access it is ok to commit trivial changes directly, but 
  please send a patch to the mailing list for discussion for any non-trivial
  or non-obvious changes.

- As an exception to the rule above, if you are managing an Xfce release, feel 
  free to do anything you need to achieve that goal.

- Managing the po/ directory, including the ChangeLog found there is left 
  completely in the hands of the Xfce Translation Team.