+10!  I've been hoping IDEA would do this for quite some time.  This isn't
only good for pasting in poorly formatted code, but is also great when
simply copy and pasting a piece of your own code... that when pasted is not
indented properly.  **Think about it guys**... doesn't that happen about 80%
of the time you paste?  That you need to delete a few tabs or add a few
tabs... or think carefuly before pasting about where the insertion point is
first... and then afterwards indent/unindent the whole series of lines?
Isn't that annoying?  At a minimum, the proper *indentation* is all I desire
to be automatically corrected.  To go a little beyond this... IDEA could
detect if an entire class member was pasted in and then make sure that the
proper number of spaces surround it.  Upon cuting, the inverse could happen
by making sure the proper number of blank lines are in the spot where it was
copied.  I'm always having to adjust the number of blank lines after a
cut-paste.  Full formatting too is okay but not as important as indentation.
This feature would be sooo click yet not hard to implement, I figure.  I
propose that pasting automatically adjust the indentation & surrounding
spacing and then if some special key is held down then format the piece of
code too.

Opinions?

~ David Smiley

> From: "Vestal, Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:17:20 -0600
> Subject: [Eap-list] pasting a selection should paste with users style
>
> If I highlight somebody elses code (which, of course, has just horrible
> style) and then paste it, I think it should automatically paste with my
> style formatting.
>
> ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Rick
>




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