[jEdit-Syntax-devel] Format-only edit mode

[Henning, O. <Hen...@lo...>]

Hi,

what do think about a format-only edit mode. This would be useful for
reformatting or cleaning up code without risking any damage to the text
itself. The format mode should be type specific as comment markers are
specific and Phython programs, for instance, use indentation as block
markers.

In format mode, you could only:

- insert/delete whitespace (spaces, tabs, carriage returns, etc.). This
would exclude changing whitespace in string literals. And some types =
may not
allow carriage returns at arbitrary positions without a line =
continuation
character. You must also not remove a whitespace between two
non-whitespace-characters.

- delete/edit/insert comments. This would exclude commenting existing =
code
and also uncommenting if it results in non-comment text.=20

Any ideas/suggestions?

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