[Dev-C++] indentation, line width, etc

[Site R. <sit...@fl...>]

Ok this is a mostly miscellaneous post. I just have some questions.


Some of these things I know there will probably not be a satisfactory =
answer to, but I will try anyway.

First: it is quite annoying that when having auto-indent on, even when I =
have a blank line, the number of spaces are still put in. For instance, =
if I am within an if statement within a function, which would be an 8 =
space indentation, and I put a few blank lines between two lines of =
code, on each blank line there are 8 spaces. This is not too much to =
worry about, but is unneeded space taken up in the source when you have =
a large project. Is there a setting to stop this from happening? Or do =
you just have to hit that backspace key. I'd do that, of course, but =
then I have to reindent my next line!

Hmm, another annoyance. The first time I press the tab key, say I'm in a =
function, it goes over 4 spaces. Now, say I go down another level into =
code, and I hit the tab again, but twice, to get 8 spaces. Now next time =
I hit tab, I will get 8 spaces, and when I hit it twice, I will get 16 =
spaces, when really I'd really only want 12.  I think that the tab =
should only increase by 4 spaces, and not double?...


I wish there were a way to have it format the code with indentation and =
all with just one command! Kind of like what you can do in emacs, with =
selecting the text and pressing M-C-\.



Oh and my final question. I noticed that the characters which can fit =
onto one line is only 46? That is awfully...short... even though in =
editor options it has 80 for width. Not really a bother. I like wrapping =
my lines so it does not go off the screen so that code is more easily =
read, and I guess with such short lines I never have to worry that the =
line width is greater than that of someone else's editor! But still =
sometimes it is too short. :)

Ok that is about all. just comments and questions I had.


Brandon