[ jEdit-devel ] [ jedit-Bugs-3432974 ] LaTeX Indentation A Nuisance

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Bugs item #3432974, was opened at 2011-11-03 13:48
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Category: editor core
Group: minor bug
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Ken Turner (kjt)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: LaTeX Indentation A Nuisance

Initial Comment:
In jEdit 4.4.2 (and since about jEdit 4.4), jEdit now tries to be helpful when entering LateX. For example, it forces the following indentation:

\begin{itemize}

\item
  this is an example of some itemized text that may in fact be split across
  multiple lines

\item
  this is yet another example of itemized text that may be split across
  multiple lines

\end{itemize}

This isn't how I wish to lay out LaTeX as I have my own conventions. If I correct jEdit's formatting, changing the text causes the original indentation to be reinstated. This is sufficient of a nuisance that I consider it to be a bug.

I don't mind jEdit having this behaviour as long as I can turn it off. Unless I missed some "let me format things my own way" option, this doesn't seem to be possible.


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>Comment By: Ken Turner (kjt)
Date: 2011-11-04 04:10

Message:
Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't thought to look at latex.xml because it
seemed not to have changed for quite a while. I commented out:

    <PROPERTY NAME="indentOpenBrackets" VALUE="{[" />
    <PROPERTY NAME="indentCloseBrackets" VALUE="]}" />
    <PROPERTY NAME="indentNextLines" VALUE="^.*(\\begin\s*\{.*)$" />
    <PROPERTY NAME="unindentThisLine" VALUE="^[
\t]*(\\item.*|\\end\s*\{.*)$" />
    <PROPERTY NAME="unindentNextLines" VALUE="^.*(\\end\s*\{.*)$" />
    <PROPERTY NAME="electricKeys"
      VALUE="{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" />

and jEdit is now back to how it used to behave.

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Comment By: Jarek Czekalski (jarekczek)
Date: 2011-11-04 00:04

Message:
I suggest doing a voting for removing of latex indentation completely from
edit mode. Evan said recently:

I think all of the auto-indentation should be removed from the latex
edit mode, personally. I use a customized edit mode file that does
just that, in fact. I know a lot of people who use latex every day,
and none of them indent like that.

So voting for removing indentation seems unnecessary. Is anyone for
leaving latex autoindentation?

Before any change is incorporated into jedit (disabling autoindentation
will be available in 6-12 months) here is a suggestion for people not
experienced in editing modes: open file jedit/modes/latex.xml and remove
section marked     <!-- indenting -->.

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