Hi Nicolas
> The formatter is dumb. > Let's illustrate it with literals among other things. > I might want to write 16rBADA55, but I'm sure i never want to read > 12245589, it makes no sense ;) I wonder where you see this problem? Formatting method in Nautilus works fine. Try checkbox "format as you read" or menu command "Format". 2017-07-19 23:23 GMT+02:00 Eliot Miranda <[email protected]>: > > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Nicolas Cellier < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> format before diff is in the top 5 of my most hated default. >> As an author, I try to write short methods and adhere to a standard >> format (Kent Beck like). >> >> But I want the freedom to use derogation when the format helps >> comprehension. >> If I did the effort of using a special formatting, the last thing that I >> want is a "smart" tool that undo my work. >> The best time to format code is when we accept it, and only if there is a >> quick way to undo/bypass if we don't like it. >> >> The formatter is dumb. >> Let's illustrate it with literals among other things. >> >> I might want to write 16rBADA55, but I'm sure i never want to read >> 12245589, it makes no sense ;) >> (hey, this is a real example you can find in VMMaker sources, not just >> the production of my ill brain). >> > > I'd love to see literal nodes in the compilers be intelligent enough to > know what base a literal number was in. It might be as simple as > maintaining the literal characters that make up a token and printing using > those, perhaps only if the token is a member of a particular set of classes. > > And remember this applies to numeric literals in Array and ByteArray > literals too. > > >> And if I make an effort to format a character encoding table on several >> lines to have it readable >> #( >> line1 >> line2 >> ... >> lineN ). >> I'm pretty sure I never want to diff a single line with about 1024 >> columns... >> > > Th above approach might also handle this case well, although I wonder > about comments. > > >> >> So please make this an option (with a default to false)! >> >> 2017-07-19 22:27 GMT+02:00 Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hi Martin, >>> >>> Thank you VERY MUCH for Epicea. I just had a crash and it was way more >>> comfortable to recover changes. >>> >>> One small request would be to allow "Pretty Print" in the diff to the >>> changes to be applied. Many times I changed formatting etc so for when >>> viewing changes, viewing with same formatting helps me to see the actual >>> changes and not formatting changes. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> Mariano >>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >>> >> >> > > > -- > _,,,^..^,,,_ > best, Eliot >
