Reindent for statements of multiple lines

roy79 · Apr 06, 2006#12006-04-06T14:45+00:00

Hi

In my code I usually split a statement over multiple lines for cleaness. But when I reindent my code with the default settings I get this:

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if (x==y or
(y==z and w) or
(a==c))
{
  ...
}

But What I really wanted is the lines below the call also indent 1 space like:

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if (x==y or
 (y==z and w) or
 (a==c))
{
  ...
}

If this possible and how to activate it?

Mofi · Apr 06, 2006#22006-04-06T21:45+00:00

Click on the Open button at Configuration - Editor Display - Syntax Highlighting to open the wordfile you currently use. Press the Cancel button to close the configuration dialog.

In the wordfile scroll to the language which is responsible for the syntax highlighting of you file. For example: /L1"C/C++" or /L9"JavaScript". A few lines below you should see lines like:

/Indent Strings = "{" "if" "else" ":"
/Unindent Strings = "}"

What you need is:

/Indent Strings = "{" "if"
/Unindent Strings = "}" "{"

Save the modified wordfile and test the indent and reindent feature.

But you should know that you will get a bad indention if you have a code like:

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if (x==y) return;
...
if (x==5) var = value;
...
if (x==9 or
 (y==z and w) or
 (a==c))
{
 ...
}

which is reindented with these settings to:

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if (x==y) return;
 ...
 if (x==5) var = value;
  ...
  if (x==9 or
   (y==z and w) or
   (a==c))
  {
   ...
  }

You are forced to always use { } at every if as shown below:

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if (x==y)
{
 return;
}
...
if (x==5) { var = value; }
...
if (x==9 or
 (y==z and w) or
 (a==c))
{
 ...
}

roy79 · Apr 09, 2006#32006-04-09T12:56+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Is it possible to have two different indention lengths in a multiline statement, like:

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if (a=b) or
 (b=c) //Indention with 1 space
{
   a++  //Indention with 3 spaces
   b++
}

Mofi · Apr 09, 2006#42006-04-09T18:19+00:00

roy79 wrote:Is it possible to have two different indention lengths in a multiline statement?

No!