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RE: [cdt-dev] Using special code formatter and 'Indent Line'
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Achim,
an extension point (or some enhancement to the existing formatter
extension point)
sounds like a good idea, although it might be quite difficult to get the
API right.
The indenter logic is a little spread around and there is no single
entry point to it,
so this would probably require some refactoring before an API can be
extracted.
I won't have much time to work on that myself, but I would review
patches of course.
Regards,
Toni
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bursian, Achim
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:12 AM
> To: CDT General developers list.
> Subject: RE: [cdt-dev] Using special code formatter and 'Indent Line'
>
> Toni,
> thinking again about your reply, I wonder if it wouldn't be a
> good idea to have an extension point for the indenter?
> Basically, if there is a need for a special formatter, it
> might be quite common to have some special indentation needs,
> which calls for a special indenter too.
>
> Some general words about this topic:
> All this is no problem at all if you start a new project, but
> for huge amounts of legacy code it is cricial to have the
> possibility to configure CDT in a way that it does not change
> the existing code formatting. Otherwise you get a big problem
> if you have to maintain several branches in source control
> over years. Nobody would reformat millions LOC just because
> of a new editor or IDE.
>
> At least in our company I see the tendency to evaluate
> Eclipse/CDT even for very large existing C++ projects, but
> the formatting problems is what keeps a lot of teams from
> switching to CDT - which is a shame.
> A lot of code has been written with Emacs or XEmacs, and to
> support these teams in switching to CDT, it should be
> possible to mimic all the Emacs c++-mode indentation rules.
> That is currently not the case, unfortunately.
>
> All the best,
> Achim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Leherbauer,
> Anton (Toni)
> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 11:44 AM
> To: CDT General developers list.
> Subject: RE: [cdt-dev] Using special code formatter and 'Indent Line'
>
> Hi,
>
> yes, the indenter engine is separate from the formatter, but
> they share the same style settings to accomplish consistency.
>
> There is no extension point to replace the indenter, so I
> suggest to configure the code style to match your custom
> formatter settings as much as possible.
>
> See IndentAction and CIndenter.
>
> HTH,
> Toni
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Achim Bursian
> > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 3:44 PM
> > To: CDT Dev Mailinglist
> > Subject: [cdt-dev] Using special code formatter and 'Indent Line'
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> > I managed to run a special purpose code formatter by using the
> > org.eclipse.cdt.core.CodeFormatter extension point. That works fine.
> >
> > But if the user presses Ctrl-I, another indentation engine is used,
> > and my formatting gets garbled.
> > Which code is run when Ctrl-I is pressed? I can't find it.
> > I'd like to run part of my own formatting code in that
> case, too, to
> > have consistent results with Sh-Ctrl-F and Ctrl-I.
> >
> > Thanks for help!
> > Achim
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