[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Java Editor feature requests

["Carolyn MacLeod" <Carolyn_MacLeod@xxxxxxx>]

Opened the following PRs for consideration:
1GIV5LA: ITPJUI:ALL - EC DCR: Add auto-indent if CR pressed in mid-statement
1GIV5W4: ITPJUI:ALL - EC DCR: Auto-indent if tab pressed at start of current
line
1GIV5Z7: ITPJUI:ALL - EC DCR: "Convert all tabs to spaces" option in Java
editor
Carolyn

"Jon Skeet" <skeet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.15ec46e62a3b33f2989698@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Using the Java editor, I'm finding myself annoyed with getting to the
> right place on a new line after some white space.
>
> Hitting return at the end of a line should (IMO, and if possible) go to
> "the correct place" (as defined by the user in preferences) to start the
> next line. For example:
>
> String test = someMethod (longArgument1,
>                           longArgument2);
> System.out.println (test);
>
>
> Typing the above into the Java editor puts me at the wrong place in each
> case: after longArgument1, it puts me back to the beginning of the line,
> and after longArgument2, it puts me to the same level as the method
> arguments.
>
> Interestingly enough, it gets it right for braces - after a brace on a
> line on its own, I'm indented further in, which is what I want. Does the
> editor have enough nous to know when I've finished a statement?
>
> Similarly, the text editor I usually use has a nice feature where
> pressing tab moves the current line to what it considers the right
> position, eg pressing tab on the second line of:
>
> String test = someMethod (longArgument1,
> longArgument2);
>
> results in
>
> String test = someMethod (longArgument1,
>                           longArgument2);
>
> This is also useful for getting the cursor to the right place on a blank
> line. I wouldn't suggest using tab for this in the Eclipse Java editor,
> but maybe ctrl+tab? (Not sure what that does atm :)
>
> Finally, it would be nice to have a "convert all tabs to spaces" option.
> Given the two problems above, it's much easier to tab to the right place

> than to hold down the space bar, but our convention (sensible, I think)
> is to use spaces instead of tabs in our source files. I'd rather not
> mess that up :)
>
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