General
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Use this page to configure line separator and indentation options for various languages. When reformatting source code, AppCode will apply the specified indentation behavior and skip the sections denoted with the special formatting off/on markers.
Line Separators
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Line Separator (for new files) | Use this drop-down list to specify which line separator is to be used in files created by AppCode. The available options are:
Refer to the section Configuring Line Separators. |
Right Margin (columns) | In this text box, specify the number of columns to be used to display pages in the editor. |
Wrap when typing reaches right margin | Select this check box to ensure that edited text always fits in the specified right margin. |
Default Indent Options
Tabs and Indents
Item | Description |
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Use tab character |
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Smart tabs |
The Smart Tabs check box is available if the Use Tab Character check box is selected. |
Tab size | In this text box, specify the number of spaces included in a tab. |
Indent | In this text box, specify the number of spaces (or tabs if the Use Tab Character check box is selected) to be inserted for each indent level. |
Continuation indent | In this text box, specify the number of spaces (or tabs if the Use Tab Character check box is selected) to be inserted between the elements of an array, in expressions, method declarations and method calls. |
Formatter Control
In this area, specify the markers to limit code fragments that you want to exclude from reformatting, see more in Reformatting Source Code. In the source code, formatting markers are written inside line comments, see Commenting and Uncommenting Blocks of Code.
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Enable formatter markers in comments |
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Markers | |||||
Formatter off: | In this text box, specify the character string that will indicate the beginning of a code fragment which you want to exclude from reformatting. Type a character string with the @ symbol in preposition or leave the predefined value @formatter:off . | ||||
Formatter on: | In this text box, specify the character string that will indicate the end of a code fragment which you want to exclude from reformatting. Type a character string with the @ symbol in preposition or leave the predefined value @formatter:on . | ||||
Regular expressions | Select this check box to use regular expressions instead of specifying the formatting markers explicitly. | ||||
Example of using formatting markers
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EditorConfig
In this area, enable the support of the EditorConfig plugin.
Item | Description |
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Enable EditorConfig support | Select this check box to enable the EditorConfig plugin support. In this case you can specify your own code style settings that override the IDE settings. However, if you decide to use IDE settings after creating the EditorConfig settings file then you need clear the Enable EditConfig support check box. See also Configuring Code Style procedure. |