I can say that I want my formatting to be different than what ctrlshift P does.
The main thing I do not like is that it flushes all lines by default to the left. I'd want every line other than the definition, ':' and ')' to be indendented one space. I'd also rather have the function based on selection rather than the whole script. So as not to affect code that I manually formatted. (ctrlshift P is not easily undoable btw) I don't think many people would complain about these 2 changes? Ideally, the formatter can be a J function that is called by the editor? If I don't like your formatter, I can change it, but I get to see the code for a fairly easy template to modify. ----- Original Message ----- From: chris burke <[email protected]> To: Beta forum <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [Jbeta] comment keys OK, this is possible. I never use TAB and wonder whether what you want is covered (or should be covered) by the Script|Format command (Ctrl+Shift+P)? That is, do you want to explicitly set your formatting, or really just want to pretty print your script in some standard way? On 17 August 2015 at 07:46, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I’d support that change. > > Also, one thing I’m missing in JQt from the old Windows C++ frontend is > highlighting/selecting multiple lines and then pressing TAB to indent them > one level, simultaneously (and SHIFT+TAB to outdent them one level > simultaneously). > > If you restore that behavior, however, you might want to consider offering > an option to set what “indent one level” means (e.g. a literal TAB > character, 8 spaces, 4 spaces, 2 spaces, whatever). > > > -Dan > > > On Aug 17, 2015, at 10:38 AM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The Jqt editor currently uses Ctrl+Shift+N to comment lines and > > Ctrl+Shift+B to uncomment them. These keys have been used in J for many > > years, but are non-standard. > > > > The usual practice in text editors is to use Ctrl+/ as a toggle and > > Ctrl+Shift+/ as a block toggle, i.e, in J804: > > > > Ctrl+/ toggle NB. on/off on selected lines > > Ctrl+Shift+/ toggle Note on/off, i.e. wrap selected lines in > Note'' > > .... ) > > > > Is this OK? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
