Not sure if I would like this feature. If you decide to implement it, please make it optional. Thanks, Thomas
> -----Original Message----- > From: Valentin Kipiatkov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 7:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Eap-list] Smart tabs? > > > Actually, we are just not aware of how many users would like > this feature > (considering that would take some efforts to implement it). I > see 2 messages > in the list that support this idea. Anyone else? > > Best regards, > Valentin Kipiatkov > ----------------------------------------------------------- > IntelliJ Software, http://www.intellij.com/ > "Develop with pleasure" > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 8:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Eap-list] Smart tabs? > > > > We need this! It could be one of the outstanding small > features in IDEA, > > that no other IDE or editor has and you would not like to > live without it > > any more if you had them in the past. > > > > IntelliJ, please give it a try! I believe, it can't be that > difficult to > > detect wrapped lines. > > > > Tom > > > > > > At 10:42 14.02.02 -0500, you wrote: > > >+1! I think your idea, Tom, is absolutely excellent. > Right on! I think > I > > >have even proposed your idea before to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] but I > got > > >no feedback. You describe the solution very well with > your illustration. > I > > >get into these annoying debates with someone I work with about tabs > versus > > >spaces and it is tiresome. My co-worker thinks everyone > should conform > to > > >spaces since tab-formatted source looks inconsistent. I > argued that the > > >problem is not with tabs themselves but that development > tools are not > smart > > >about when to ommit tabs and when to ommit spaces instead! > IDEA may have > a > > >smart editor, but I haven't seen any editor that has any > intelligence > when > > >it comes to tabs versus spaces. They just have an option > to ommit one or > > >the other, regardless of context, and that's it. What's > needed is more > than > > >this. Your excellent idea Tom *AND* having the editor > recognize that a > > >source file uses either tabs or spaces at the vicinity of > text entry and > do > > >the right thing depending on wether it found any tabs > within, say, 5 > lines > > >up or down of where the user hits the tab key. Sure... it > isn't trivial > for > > >IntelliJ to put forth the effort to go above and beyond the typical > editor; > > >but then again, that's why I've paid them $400. > > > > > >~ Dave Smiley > > > MITRE > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:16:59 +0100 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > From: Thomas Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: [Eap-list] Smart tabs? > > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Hello IntelliJ, > > > > > > > > I proposed from time to time, that IDEA should have an > option for > smart > > > > tab-placements. What do you think about it? > > > > > > > > For all, that can't remember, what I meant, I 'll > explain in short. > Assume > > > > following code: > > > > > > > > private int test(String value1, > > > > String value2) { > > > > return getValue(value1, > > > > value2); > > > > } > > > > > > > > I want to get following use of spaces and tabs (tabs > are marked as > "|->" > > > > and spaces as "." where important; 4 spaces per tab): > > > > > > > > |-->private int test(String value1, > > > > |-->.................String value2) { > > > > |-->|-->return getValue(value1, > > > > |-->|-->................value2); > > > > |-->} > > > > > > > > and now, viewed with 8 spaces per tab: > > > > > > > > |------>private int test(String value1, > > > > |------>.................String value2) { > > > > |------>|------>return getValue(value1, > > > > |------>|------>................value2); > > > > |------>} > > > > > > > > Advantages: everything, that is in one column, remains > in one column. > You > > > > can view this code with any spaces-per-tab-settings you > prefer, it > always > > > > looks good. > > > > > > > > To get this, only some rules are necessary: > > > > > > > > 1) Each non-wrapped line is indented with tabs. > > > > 2) Each wrapped line takes the tab-indentation from the last > non-wrapped > > > > one and fills the rest with spaces! > > > > 3) Tabs are only valid before the left non-white-space > character. > Pressing > > > > the tab key, lets say after "getValue(value1,|" always > inserts spaces, > > > > never tabs! > > > > > > > > I hope, that IDEA would have this smart indentation > engine. I believe, > it > > > > even would help SUN to layout their sources (having a > look into the > > > > Jdk-Sources with a tab setting different than 8 is terrible). > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Eap-list mailing list > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Eap-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > ************************************ If this email is not intended for you, or you are not responsible for the delivery of this message to the addressee, please note that this message may contain ITT Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. 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