[TxMt] Indentation of switch/case blocks

[Trevor Harmon]

On Apr 18, 2006, at 6:15 PM, Allan Odgaard wrote:

>> [ switch/case ] I believe this is a pretty standard formatting  
>> convention.
>
> Yes, along with putting brackets around the code,

I don't see why that should be a problem. In Xcode, for instance, if  
you open a C file and start typing a switch/case block, it will  
indent after you type the case clause and hit Return. Then, if you  
type an open brace, it will automatically *unindent* for you.  
Couldn't TextMate do the same thing?

> keeping the break at same indent as the case,

Hmm, I've never seen that one. Do people actually do that? (Xcode  
doesn't handle it, either.)

> putting the break inside the brackets, etc. :)

This is handled correctly by Xcode. It automatically unindents the  
closing brace when you type it.

>> [...] I was hoping it could be smart about indenting switch/case  
>> blocks, too. Is that possible? Perhaps there is something I could  
>> add to the language definition?
>
> While the indenting rules can be controlled [1], it does not have  
> enough flexibility to work with switch/case statements.
>
> [1] http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/appendix#indentation_rules

Hmm, maybe increaseIndentPattern isn't powerful enough to give Xcode- 
like behavior to switch/case blocks, but I think it can be hacked  
enough to make me happy. I went to the C bundle's Indentation Rules  
and appended this to increaseIndentPattern:

|case.*:

That seems to give exactly the behavior I want. (I never need to put  
braces in my case blocks.) I also added source.java to the Scope  
Selector so that this would work in Java files.

Trevor

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