Re: "Permanent" variables

[kamaraju kusumanchi]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Use functions returning constant values, e.g.
>
> function s = lw()
>   s = "linewidth";
>
> endfunction
>
> and then call it as
>
> lw()
>
> instead of
>
> lw
>
> you have.
>
> Applies to practically all languages, by the way.

Sergei already gave you a good solution. But I thought I would mention
another "trick" that might come in handy. In programming editors you
can define abbreviations that expand on the fly. For example, in vim,
I can define

:iab lw linewidth

Then whenever I enter lw and hit space/comma, it changes to
linewidth.There are ways to restrict this kind of expansion apply only
on just a few types of files (ex:- all .oct files). This way your
keystrokes will be minimal and at the same time the code is easily
portable.

raju
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