[TxMt] Collapsing based on indentation

[Colin D. Devroe]

Thank you for the explanation.

On Nov 11, 2005, at 6:21 AM, Allan Odgaard wrote:

> On 10/11/2005, at 18.48, Colin D. Devroe wrote:
>
>> Is there any chance of being able to set a preference where the  
>> code collapsing is not based on indentation?
>
> As mentioned in the past, more advanced folding is something I'll  
> look into for 1.3.
>
>> To be honest I'm not sure how other applications have handled  
>> collapsing programmatically, but basing it on indentation seems to  
>> be a bit buggy and doesn't work for every situation.
>
> Very few editors implement foldings, and of those who do, many  
> require some special marks in the code, like: /* {{{ */ to indicate  
> a fold start marker.
>
> Indent-based foldings is required for languages that re-use an  
> 'end' keyword to end various types of blocks, where not all are  
> foldable. I'm fully aware that this is not always optimal, but it  
> works pretty well for 95% of the stuff out there…
>
>
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