[DrJava] [ drjava-Feature Requests-1536189 ] Single-line/multi-line bracket switching

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Feature Requests item #1536189, was opened at 2006-08-07 12:51
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Category: Definitions (source editor)
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Dan Smith (dlsmith)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Single-line/multi-line bracket switching

Initial Comment:
I spend far too much of my editing time doing mundane formatting.  In 
the absense of a full-fledged automatic line-wrapping facility (as has 
been suggested previously), it would be nice if there were just a quick way 
to turn this:

public void myMethod() { doSomething(); }

into this:

public void myMethod() {
  doSomething();
}

and vice-versa.

This follows in the spirit of auto-indenting: I've provided the text, and I 
want the computer to adjust the white space for me.  A keyboard shortcut 
when the cursor is within the relevant brackets -- as easy as hitting "tab" 
on a line -- would be ideal.

It may be that this problem is unique to my coding style.  I make it a habit 
to always use brackets where they are optional (such as after an "if"), and 
to always put a bracketed statement on a single line if it will fit.  It's worth 
discussing whether this style is adhered to generally enough to make this 
feature addition worthwhile.

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