@setfilename standards.info
@settitle GNU Coding Standards
@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate August 15, 2013
+@set lastupdate December 17, 2013
@c %**end of header
@dircategory GNU organization
@cindex X.509
The OID (object identifier) 1.3.6.1.4.1.11591 has been assigned to the
-GNU Project (thanks to Werner Koch). These are used for SNMP, LDAP,
-X.509 certificates, and so on. The web site
+GNU Project (thanks to Sergey Poznyakoff). These are used for SNMP,
+LDAP, X.509 certificates, and so on. The web site
@url{http://www.alvestrand.no/objectid} has a (voluntary) listing of
many OID assignments.
@section Formatting Your Source Code
@cindex formatting source code
+@cindex line length
+@cindex length of source lines
+Please keep the length of source lines to 79 characters or less, for
+maximum readability in the widest range of environments.
+
@cindex open brace
@cindex braces, in C source
@cindex function definitions, formatting
@example
--prefix --exec-prefix --bindir --sbindir --libexecdir --sysconfdir
---sharedstatedir --localstatedir --libdir --includedir --oldincludedir
+--sharedstatedir --localstatedir --runstatedir
+--libdir --includedir --oldincludedir
--datarootdir --datadir --infodir --localedir --mandir --docdir
--htmldir --dvidir --pdfdir --psdir
@end example