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msew
Ketchup Master
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 Posted - Dec 18 2004 : 9:38:26 PM
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So in the never ending quest to make all text editors more like xemacs :-)
I have done: tools->options->environment->keyboard
then selected
Edit.FormatSelection
and set the Shortcut for this command to be TAB!!!
What this does is the emacs way of: hit the tab key and the code will be correctly formatted.
e.g.
while( true }
{
int foo = 0;
}
if you hit tab on the line with the int foo = 0; the code will be moved to be correctly indented.
Good Stuff. Sadly when you do this:
foo->
and the intellisense pops up hitting the tab key no longer works! Guessing because there is no longer a "tab" event being fired.
The question is:
Is it possible to make the intellisense respond from the tab key once the tab key has been remapped?
Or can that control be modified to respond to Edit.FormatSelection in the same way that it responds to the tab key?
VA_X.dll file version 10.1.1287.0
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Edited by - msew on Dec 19 2004 03:31:53 AM |
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jpizzi
Tomato Guru
USA
642 Posts |
Posted - Dec 19 2004 : 12:18:48 AM
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The example you cite does not require any configuration. If you highlight a line and hit tab, the line is indented by one tabstop. This is standard Visual Studio behavior.
What happens if you want a tab (or several spaces, as I have the editor configured to replace tabs with spaces) in the code somewhere? Does your shortcut cause all tabs to be "eaten"?? I wouldn't like that a bit. |
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msew
Ketchup Master
94 Posts |
Posted - Dec 19 2004 : 03:38:09 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by jpizzi
The example you cite does not require any configuration. If you highlight a line and hit tab, the line is indented by one tabstop. This is standard Visual Studio behavior.
right sorry. lack of being able to put spaces or html code to make spaces forced the example to be less clear than it should be. It has been updated now.
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What happens if you want a tab (or several spaces, as I have the editor configured to replace tabs with spaces) in the code somewhere? Does your shortcut cause all tabs to be "eaten"?? I wouldn't like that a bit.
Have you used emacs before? :-) (http://www.xemacs.org) Load up some src code and then move the code all around crazy like. And then hit tab on each line.
This is doing exactly what Visual Studio's FormatSelection is doing.
i.e. if you do: mess up the spacing of your code, select all, edit->advanced->Format Selection (default is ctrl k, ctrl f)
All of your code is properly indented correctly (with what ever number of spaces you have set for each tab stop).
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Edited by - msew on Dec 19 2004 03:47:51 AM |
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Stephen
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
781 Posts |
Posted - Dec 19 2004 : 2:04:23 PM
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| Yes, I miss that feature of emacs. |
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msew
Ketchup Master
94 Posts |
Posted - Dec 19 2004 : 8:37:55 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Stephen
Yes, I miss that feature of emacs.
well you can "turn it on" with that Edit.FormatSelection :-) You just lose the tab in the intellisense control.
ALSO: Visual Studio 2005 has an emacs mode. So now you can join us in our fervent support for VAX in 2005 :-) |
Edited by - msew on Dec 19 2004 8:38:23 PM |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19015 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2004 : 10:21:59 AM
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personally when i want my code reformatted i select it (many lines at once) and press: CTRL_K + CTRL_F
a lot more ugly than the VIM shortcut of equals to format code, but it works.
with regard to the original question, my guess is that the IDE "eats" tab rather than passing it to the editor. since the editor never sees tab VAX never sees tab. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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