Questions tagged [code-formatting]
Code formatting is the way to format the source code of programs, such as using spaces and tabs, improving legibility.
code-formatting
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How can I force Xcode to retain my indentation when I copy and paste?
I find myself wasting so much time dealing with Xcodes auto indentation that I have to ask if there is something I just have wrong in my settings. Basically if I spend time indenting code within a ...
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Force Yapf to wrap lines after expression/just before for-loop in list comprehension
yapf formatter can wrap long lines in the code inside parentheses in the expression in the list comprehension:
threads = [threading.Thread(
target=worker, args=[q], daemon=True) for _ in range(...
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Use of checkstyle.xml in diffplug/spotless
I have a checkstyle.xml file to check for formatting violations . Is there any way to provide checkstyle.xml as a input to diffplug/spotless formatter . Java8 is being used and spotless verison is 2....
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Is there a eslint plugin to enforce braceless one-line if statements?
I want to enforce one-line if statements not having braces. For example:
// incorrect
if(foo) {
bar()
}
// correct
if(foo) bar()
But if I have else/else ifs, I still want to keep braces:
// ...
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How can I reset my TextEditor > C# > Code Style settings to the default or a previous version in VS 2019?
They don't seem to be exported in vssettings etc. I don't see a way to restore them to an earlier version or even the default out-of-the-box Visual Studio settings ...
Restoring all settings also ...
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clang-formatter: Prevent new line in function declaration
In Objective-C how to prevent new lines here:
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
to see this:
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)...
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Eclipse code formatter multiline function call closing bracket indention
Currently my eclipse formatter formats a multiline function call like this:
someObject.doSomething(
some().long().chain().of().methods()
);
But what I want is for eclipse to align the closing ...
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Automatically grouping imports in intelliJ IDEA
I want to group imports by packages in intelliJ.
Right now it sorts the imports properly, and gives me this.
import com.google.common.Something
import com.google.common.SomethingElse
import org....
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Importing checkstyle suppressions for IntelliJ code style
Mostly just out of curiosity, but if you are using a checkstyle configuration file checkstyle.xml and a (separate) suppression file checkstyle-suppressions.xml with the maven-checkstyle-plugin on a ...
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Visual Studio Code align function parameters on multiple lines
If a Javascript (or Typescript) function signature has multiple lines of arguments (can happen easily in Typescript, with longer type names), Visual Studio Code indents like this after I hit return:
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Clang-format indents inner initialisers with continuation indent
I have some C++11 code with clang-format rules that uses an normal indent (IndentWidth) of 4 and continuation indent (ContinuationIndentWidth) of 8. So a long function looks something like this:
// ...
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How to turn off the App.config file auto arrange formatting in visual studio
I want to turn off the App.config file auto arrange formatting in visual studio.
Here, I tried with this link Turn off auto formatting in Visual Studio , But it's not working in App.config file. ...
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require a blank line between fields if annotations are on separate lines?
Basically I want different styles depending on annotation count, e.g.
class Foo {
@Autowire private MyService myService;
@Autowire private MyOtherService service;
...
}
but if I have more ...
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How to configure Prettier to format Cypress code with chained calls?
I'm using Prettier to format my Cypress code, but it's breaking lines in a way that I don't like. Specifically, it's formatting lines like this:
cy.contains("div[role='alert']", "Status ...
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How to format C++ code in Visual Studio using my own rules?
I am using Visual Studio 2019.
I want to create a setting file for Visual Studio which consists of my own formatting rules and anyone can import those settings for their Visual Studio. (I think this ...