[TxMt] Re: Feature Request: File/Scope Specific Line Endings

René Schwaiger sanssecours at f-m.fm
Tue Nov 1 18:27:15 UTC 2016


Hi Allan,

> On 1 Nov 2016, at 14:51 , Allan Odgaard <mailinglist at textmate.org> wrote:
> 
> On 1 Nov 2016, at 17:08, René Schwaiger wrote:
> 
> 
> […] Maybe I am doing something wrong here?
> 
> This is definitely a regression and should be fixed in v2.0-beta.12.29 (hold option down when selecting Check for Updates from the TextMate menu).

thank you for the fast response. The setting now works correctly.

> As for doing a scope specific setting, what you can do is use .tm_properties and have something like:
> 
> [ source.abnf ]
> lineEndings = "\r\n"
> 
> I assume you would prefer the scope setting so that you can include it in the bundle.
> 
> I think it would be better to “rethink” the settings system a little, I’d like to consolidate scope settings and .tm_properties as the former is less friendly for the user but more powerful. This is a long-term goal.
> 
> If you think it is appropriate to default all source.abnf files to use \r\n then I would accept a PR for this addition to https://github.com/textmate/textmate/blob/master/Applications/TextMate/resources/Default.tmProperties — as you can see in this file, we already have a few “defaults” for various languages (mainly about soft tabs and tab size).

Sounds great. I will (try to) open a pull request tomorrow.

Kind regards,
  René


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