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@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ The source is pylint-clean, even if it's because there are pragmas quieting
some warnings. Please try to keep it that way, but don't let pylint warnings
keep you from sending patches. I can clean them up.
-Lines should be kept to a 100-character maximum length.
+Lines should be kept to a 100-character maximum length. I recommend an
+`editorconfig.org`_ plugin for your editor of choice.
+
+Other style questions are best answered by looking at the existing code.
+Formatting of docstrings, comments, long lines, and so on, should match the
+code that already exists.
Coverage testing coverage.py
@@ -170,8 +175,9 @@ Contributing
When you are ready to contribute a change, any way you can get it to me is
probably fine. A pull request on Bitbucket is great, but a simple diff or
-patch is great too.
+patch works too.
+.. _editorconfig.org: http://editorconfig.org
.. _Mercurial: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/
.. _tox: http://tox.testrun.org/