Re: [sc-dev] autoindent method in sctextview

[James McCartney <asynth@xxxxxx>]

On Dec 25, 2004, at 9:42 AM, b a r t o n wrote:

> i was thinking of adding to that some functionality where, let's say, 
> the user types a left bracket and then return, the next line should 
> indent one more level. Then, typing a righ bracket would bring the 
> indent level up one.

please don't. The auto indent currently works like all of the C editors 
I've used: THINK C, Metrowerks, Project Builder, Xcode. I am too used 
to the current method. The current method is dumb and I prefer dumb to 
something I have to out smart when I don't want to follow its rules. 
For example there is a tool called AutoPairs that automatically types 
the matching closing bracket for any bracket you type and puts the 
insertion pointer between them. I tried this but in the end found it 
very annoying because I didn't realize how often there are times when I 
only want to type the open bracket.