indent adjustment in multi-line expressions

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Maybe I'm merely unaware of the correct configuration option, but I can't figure out how to stop JCF messing with extra indenting inserted to communicate logical groupings. in a multi-line expression

eg. how to prevent the reformatting of

  argument := Copy(Argument,
                           Pos(Argument,
                                 'My token'),
                           Length(Argument));

to

  argument := Copy(Argument,
    Pos(Argument,
    'My token'),
    Length(Argument));

Thanks

Richard Lang

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Aaargh, my posting had "unnecessary white-space" stripped out, renderint it meaningless

Trying again with underscores to represent the whitespace....

eg. how to prevent the reformatting of

__argument := Copy(Argument,
__________________Pos(Argument,
______________________'My token'),
__________________Length(Argument));

to

__argument := Copy(Argument,
____Pos(Argument,
____'My token'),
____Length(Argument));

[Anthony Steele]

This should happen. The trailing lines should be indented to 2 spaces below the first line by default. Check your settings on the "indentation" page.

[Anthony Steele]

The Borland standard (http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,10280,00.html) is to always indent trailing lines by 2 spaces. For the reasons why this is a good idea, see the discussion on this topic in Steve McConnell's book "Code Complete".

However we are not totally prescriptive here. Alternative styles can be included as an option, if you want to code it up.

PS: my mail to you bounced. I have added a comment to your feature request.