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The Java source editor should insert whitespace more often, to correlate with my "format" settings. For example: "if(condition)" should become "if (condition)" "void foo(){" should become "void foo() {" "}else{" should become "} else {" "new Rectangle(0,0,l+r,t+b)" should become "new Rectangle(0, 0, l + r, t + b)" I believe these are simple cases. It would be too aggressive to apply every format option as you type (especially newlines), but a single space is often useful.
Please consider for 2.1. The hardest part about this change would be naming the preference. Maybe there is already an existing preference that this fall under.
I have a patch which implements this functionality but without looking at formatting preferences. It assumes the standard preferences are enabled. It handles operators like "++" and "+=". The only case I have handled yet is "-" used to negate. So you get "y = x * - z". Changing status from ASSIGNED since JDT-INBOX is not a person
ASSIGNED means we looked at the bug and it now waits to be assigned to some developer. NEW means we did not yet look at the bug or did not yet accept it. Most of our typing functionality consults the formatter preferences. The same should be true for your patch. To me this looks like a *Format while typing" feature.
