Elastic tabstops

I like the concept a lot but it has a few problems as it stands. For example,
how do you vertically align multiple method parameters?

. {
.   myObject.myMethod(param1,
.                     param2,
.                     param3,
.                     param4);
. }

You'd have to do something like put a tab in before param1 to mark the boundary.
Or the editor would have to be smart enough to know that the character between
"(" and "p" was a natural boundary anyway - but then this technique would
likely not be very portable between editors even if they had support.

Chris

Would it be possible/feasible/interesting/useful to add "elastic
tabstops" to IDEA, like outlined on
http://nickgravgaard.com/elastictabstops/ ?

Kreiger

Chris Miller wrote:

I like the concept a lot but it has a few problems as it stands. For
example, how do you vertically align multiple method parameters?

. {
.   myObject.myMethod(param1,
.                     param2,
.                     param3,
.                     param4);
. }

You'd have to do something like put a tab in before param1 to mark the
boundary. Or the editor would have to be smart enough to know that the
character between "(" and "p" was a natural boundary anyway - but then
this technique would likely not be very portable between editors even if
they had support.

This is mentioned in the comments on
http://nickgravgaard.com/cgi-bin/elastictabstopsnews/pollxn.cgi?storypath=/firstpost.html

Basically you use spaces after the tab boundary, but i guess IDEA would
do that automatically.

It's probably not perfect, but interesting nonetheless.

     Kreiger

What's wrong with "smart tabs"?

This is huge, and I really would like it to be implemented in idea.

BoD

Christoffer "Kreiger" Hammarström a écrit :

Would it be possible/feasible/interesting/useful to add "elastic
tabstops" to IDEA, like outlined on
http://nickgravgaard.com/elastictabstops/ ?

     Kreiger

Tom wrote:

What's wrong with "smart tabs"?

What is a "smart tab"?

     Kreiger

What is a "smart tab"?

An intelligent mix of tabs and spaces to provide a good looking code
independent of the tab-size. It's an option in IDEA since ages.

Tom

What's wrong with "smart tabs"?