Unindenting problem with VBScript

s_m_b · Nov 10, 2006#12006-11-10T18:41+00:00

I find (using VBscript) that if a keyword for 'reindenting' gets inserted part way into a line of code, the auto-reindent happens

Is this by design, or can I switch if off somehow - example:

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on error resume next

the line isn't part of a loop, and hasn't a 'closer' line, like

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with somefunctionname
   .method1
end with

is.
However, it contains the keyword, so gets shifted back one tab, which is really irritating!

pietzcker · Nov 13, 2006#22006-11-13T15:33+00:00

Hi,

I don't know VBScript, so just for clarity: Which is the keyword that causes "out"denting?

This is an interesting thread, it nicely complements the threads about false indenting if the indent keyword is somewhere within a line... see Indenting only when a character is at end of prior line?

Regards,
Tim

s_m_b · Nov 20, 2006#32006-11-20T15:12+00:00

'next' - from a 'for....next' loop.

You can see it doing it, by just typing 'on error resume' and the line stays in place, but then add 'next' and it jumps back .

Mofi · Nov 20, 2006#42006-11-20T20:17+00:00

UltraEdit is a general text editor not written for only a certain number of programming languages like Visual Studio. So UltraEdit cannot handle special language dependent exceptions like Visual Studio or other editors written for a specific programming language.

If you don't want unindentation when you enter the word "next", then remove this word in the wordfile in the line starting with /Unindent Strings = for language /L10"VBScript Active Server Pages".

s_m_b · Nov 22, 2006#52006-11-22T15:50+00:00

So UltraEdit cannot handle special language dependent exceptions like Visual Studio or other editors written for a specific programming language.

Kind of surprising that UE can't handle something as basic as only scanning the first word in the line for that - for a general text editor its pretty powerful in all other ways!

Mofi · Nov 22, 2006#62006-11-22T16:33+00:00

Scanning only the first word on a line for an indent / unindent string would maybe the right solution for VBScript, but it is definitively not the right one for 'C'. See following examples:

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if(var1) {
   printf("var1");
}

if(var2)
{
   printf("var2");
}

if(var3) { printf("var3"); }

if(var4) {
   printf("var4"); }

if(var5) { printf("var5");
   printf("\n");
}

Indenting on { and unindenting on } should work here in all cases.

s_m_b · Nov 23, 2006#72006-11-23T14:47+00:00

same principle applies to Perl, but to my mind that's just code layout management?

Perhaps then some basic rules in a similar vein to regexs?
'if word x and word y together, don't indent/unindent' ?

Mofi · Nov 23, 2006#82006-11-23T16:10+00:00

s_m_b wrote:Perhaps then some basic rules in a similar vein to regexs?
'if word x and word y together, don't indent/unindent' ?

Maybe you can have this effect when you add word "error" or "resume" to the indent strings.