Re: Eclipse command line formatter

[Per Bothner]

Tom Tromey wrote:


> What we really need to do is make sure we can really handle Classpath
> style.  With Eclipse 3.0 I think we fail to re-indent inside a block,
> so we end up with:
>
>   if (foo)
>     {
>     code here;
>     }
>
> Instead of:
>
>   if (foo)
>     {
>       code here;
>     }

I think this is fixed.

However, note that Eclipse up to 3.1M4 does not handle the GNU/Unix
conventions for tabs: Using 8-column tabs, but indenting by a different
amount.  3.1M4 is actually a regression in this respect.

I reported a bug/enhancement request, and in the last few days Tom 
Eicher posted some patches:
htts://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=73104
Hopefully we'll have something usable soon.

I also suggest we submit a standard "GNU" coding style, and ask them
to include it as a standard formatting style.
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