I configured my editor (jEdit) to untabify according to the set tab size, but I checked the results manually. This is not an easy task, I know...
There is a Scala formatter I've heard about recently, maybe it's time for me to try it out: http://github.com/mdr/scalariform On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Richard Hirsch <[email protected]> wrote: > How did you indent? Manually or with a tool? > > I've been experimenting with Scala Formatter in Eclipse but it doesn't > always work correctly. > > D. > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Vassil Dichev <[email protected]> wrote: >> I just took the liberty of formatting a couple of files (API2, >> API2Test and AuthToken) which looked just... wrong in my editor. The >> reason was that some lines were indented using tabs, while the Scala >> convention (used in the rest of the ESME files) uses 2 spaces for >> indentation. >> >> We posted a Scala Style guide some time ago >> (http://davetron5000.github.com/scala-style/), it would be really >> helpful if we could stick to it! In order to do so, it is necessary >> that our editors/IDEs are set up to respect this convention and not >> apply formatting which might surprise others. >> >> Sorry for the nitpick, but documents with mixed tabs/spaces, while >> they look perfectly OK on editors with the "correct" tab size, produce >> horrendous results in editors with a different indentation setting. >> >> Vassil >> >
