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reply Johnson Jones <JJ Dynomite.com> writes:
So, I'd like to fix some of visual D's navigation and editing 
logic and possibly implement something like elastic tabs: 
http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/

1. Backspace and delete should be tab aligned and use elastic 
space.

2. Indention on new line should not add spaces(it currently does 
and screws things up as things are no longer aligned and it is 
very difficult to realign stuff.

3. Indentation should use previous indentation when using tab or 
enter, unless empty line.

I've went ahead and added a property called elasticSpace to 
visual D's properties(should be in the tab section I suppose but 
I didn't wanna have to figure that mess out).



propertypage: https://justpaste.it/1a1if

dpackage: https://justpaste.it/1a1ig

This do add it to the first entry and defaults it to true but 
that can easily be fixed.

The real work is to consume all spaces, working backwards, when 
hitting backspace and to consume all spaces forward when hitting 
delete. Also dealing with other the tab and enter key 
appropriately.

TabSanity uses the code like

https://justpaste.it/1a1ij

Anyways, I'm at the following location in viewfilter.d and a 
little lost(well, time constraints).


The backspace key is handled as so:

			// Handle backspace
			case ECMD_BACKSPACE:
				if(mCodeWinMgr.mSource.IsCompletorActive())
					initCompletion(false);
				if (Package.GetGlobalOptions().elasticSpace)
				{
					mView.GetCaretPos(&line, &idx);

					dchar ch = pvaIn.uiVal;
				}
				goto case;

in which I've added the new code.

but it's a little difficult to navigate through the code. I think 
with the proper mapping maybe it is possible almost directly copy 
and paste the tabsanity code.

In any case, I figured I'd let you have a shot at it first if you 
want since your probably more familiar with it than me(and since 
debugging is extremely slow with this sorta thing I'll probably 
burn a lot more time than you would).

Thanks
Aug 13 2017
next sibling parent reply Johnson Jones <JJ Dynomite.com> writes:
On Sunday, 13 August 2017 at 20:43:21 UTC, Johnson Jones wrote:
 So, I'd like to fix some of visual D's navigation and editing 
 logic and possibly implement something like elastic tabs: 
 http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/

 1. Backspace and delete should be tab aligned and use elastic 
 space.

 2. Indention on new line should not add spaces(it currently 
 does and screws things up as things are no longer aligned and 
 it is very difficult to realign stuff.

 3. Indentation should use previous indentation when using tab 
 or enter, unless empty line.

 I've went ahead and added a property called elasticSpace to 
 visual D's properties(should be in the tab section I suppose 
 but I didn't wanna have to figure that mess out).



 propertypage: https://justpaste.it/1a1if

 dpackage: https://justpaste.it/1a1ig

 This do add it to the first entry and defaults it to true but 
 that can easily be fixed.

 The real work is to consume all spaces, working backwards, when 
 hitting backspace and to consume all spaces forward when 
 hitting delete. Also dealing with other the tab and enter key 
 appropriately.

 TabSanity uses the code like

 https://justpaste.it/1a1ij

 Anyways, I'm at the following location in viewfilter.d and a 
 little lost(well, time constraints).


 The backspace key is handled as so:

 			// Handle backspace
 			case ECMD_BACKSPACE:
 				if(mCodeWinMgr.mSource.IsCompletorActive())
 					initCompletion(false);
 				if (Package.GetGlobalOptions().elasticSpace)
 				{
 					mView.GetCaretPos(&line, &idx);

 					dchar ch = pvaIn.uiVal;
 				}
 				goto case;

 in which I've added the new code.

 but it's a little difficult to navigate through the code. I 
 think with the proper mapping maybe it is possible almost 
 directly copy and paste the tabsanity code.

 In any case, I figured I'd let you have a shot at it first if 
 you want since your probably more familiar with it than me(and 
 since debugging is extremely slow with this sorta thing I'll 
 probably burn a lot more time than you would).

 Thanks
So, I'm trying to implement some of this stuff but I can't seem to find a way to get the modified line before it was modified. I'm using something like this BSTR str; mCodeWinMgr.mSource.mBuffer.GetLengthOfLine(line, &len); mCodeWinMgr.mSource.mBuffer.GetLineText(line, 0, line, len, &str); while tabsanity is using something like auto snapshot = TextView.TextBuffer.CurrentSnapshot; which I can't seem to find an equivalent of in visual D. Any ideas?
Aug 13 2017
parent reply Rainer Schuetze <r.sagitario gmx.de> writes:
On 14.08.2017 03:49, Johnson Jones wrote:
 On Sunday, 13 August 2017 at 20:43:21 UTC, Johnson Jones wrote:
 So, I'd like to fix some of visual D's navigation and editing logic 
 and possibly implement something like elastic tabs: 
 http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/

 1. Backspace and delete should be tab aligned and use elastic space.

 2. Indention on new line should not add spaces(it currently does and 
 screws things up as things are no longer aligned and it is very 
 difficult to realign stuff.

 3. Indentation should use previous indentation when using tab or 
 enter, unless empty line.

 I've went ahead and added a property called elasticSpace to visual D's 
 properties(should be in the tab section I suppose but I didn't wanna 
 have to figure that mess out).



 propertypage: https://justpaste.it/1a1if

 dpackage: https://justpaste.it/1a1ig

 This do add it to the first entry and defaults it to true but that can 
 easily be fixed.

 The real work is to consume all spaces, working backwards, when 
 hitting backspace and to consume all spaces forward when hitting 
 delete. Also dealing with other the tab and enter key appropriately.

 TabSanity uses the code like

 https://justpaste.it/1a1ij

 Anyways, I'm at the following location in viewfilter.d and a little 
 lost(well, time constraints).


 The backspace key is handled as so:

             // Handle backspace
             case ECMD_BACKSPACE:
                 if(mCodeWinMgr.mSource.IsCompletorActive())
                     initCompletion(false);
                 if (Package.GetGlobalOptions().elasticSpace)
                 {
                     mView.GetCaretPos(&line, &idx);

                     dchar ch = pvaIn.uiVal;
                 }
                 goto case;

 in which I've added the new code.

 but it's a little difficult to navigate through the code. I think with 
 the proper mapping maybe it is possible almost directly copy and paste 
 the tabsanity code.

 In any case, I figured I'd let you have a shot at it first if you want 
 since your probably more familiar with it than me(and since debugging 
 is extremely slow with this sorta thing I'll probably burn a lot more 
 time than you would).

 Thanks
So, I'm trying to implement some of this stuff but I can't seem to find a way to get the modified line before it was modified. I'm using something like this BSTR str; mCodeWinMgr.mSource.mBuffer.GetLengthOfLine(line, &len); mCodeWinMgr.mSource.mBuffer.GetLineText(line, 0, line, len, &str); while tabsanity is using something like auto snapshot = TextView.TextBuffer.CurrentSnapshot; which I can't seem to find an equivalent of in visual D. Any ideas?
You can capture the state of the line before default execution with mNextTarget.Exec() Maybe your code could just be moved up there to begin with.
Aug 13 2017
parent reply Johnson Jones <JJ Dynomite.com> writes:
On Monday, 14 August 2017 at 06:50:21 UTC, Rainer Schuetze wrote:
 On 14.08.2017 03:49, Johnson Jones wrote:
 On Sunday, 13 August 2017 at 20:43:21 UTC, Johnson Jones wrote:
 So, I'd like to fix some of visual D's navigation and editing 
 logic and possibly implement something like elastic tabs: 
 http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/

 1. Backspace and delete should be tab aligned and use elastic 
 space.

 2. Indention on new line should not add spaces(it currently 
 does and screws things up as things are no longer aligned and 
 it is very difficult to realign stuff.

 3. Indentation should use previous indentation when using tab 
 or enter, unless empty line.

 I've went ahead and added a property called elasticSpace to 
 visual D's properties(should be in the tab section I suppose 
 but I didn't wanna have to figure that mess out).



 propertypage: https://justpaste.it/1a1if

 dpackage: https://justpaste.it/1a1ig

 This do add it to the first entry and defaults it to true but 
 that can easily be fixed.

 The real work is to consume all spaces, working backwards, 
 when hitting backspace and to consume all spaces forward when 
 hitting delete. Also dealing with other the tab and enter key 
 appropriately.

 TabSanity uses the code like

 https://justpaste.it/1a1ij

 Anyways, I'm at the following location in viewfilter.d and a 
 little lost(well, time constraints).


 The backspace key is handled as so:

             // Handle backspace
             case ECMD_BACKSPACE:
                 if(mCodeWinMgr.mSource.IsCompletorActive())
                     initCompletion(false);
                 if (Package.GetGlobalOptions().elasticSpace)
                 {
                     mView.GetCaretPos(&line, &idx);

                     dchar ch = pvaIn.uiVal;
                 }
                 goto case;

 in which I've added the new code.

 but it's a little difficult to navigate through the code. I 
 think with the proper mapping maybe it is possible almost 
 directly copy and paste the tabsanity code.

 In any case, I figured I'd let you have a shot at it first if 
 you want since your probably more familiar with it than 
 me(and since debugging is extremely slow with this sorta 
 thing I'll probably burn a lot more time than you would).

 Thanks
So, I'm trying to implement some of this stuff but I can't seem to find a way to get the modified line before it was modified. I'm using something like this BSTR str; mCodeWinMgr.mSource.mBuffer.GetLengthOfLine(line, &len); mCodeWinMgr.mSource.mBuffer.GetLineText(line, 0, line, len, &str); while tabsanity is using something like auto snapshot = TextView.TextBuffer.CurrentSnapshot; which I can't seem to find an equivalent of in visual D. Any ideas?
You can capture the state of the line before default execution with mNextTarget.Exec() Maybe your code could just be moved up there to begin with.
Moved up where? I see 'int rc = mNextTarget.Exec(pguidCmdGroup, nCmdID, nCmdexecopt, pvaIn, pvaOut);' which is about all that is used with mNextTarget.Exec, but it is calling it rather than overriding it in some way. Once I get some progress I'll submit some patches, right now I'm just toying around with it trying to see how it's all set up. While I can do some things I feel like I'm gonna have to revamp some of the editing(all optional) because I get pretty frustrated in Visual D due to time consuming processes of wrangling with spaces. e.g., when one hits return it always seems to take them to the start of the line, then tabs move one at a time instead of jumping to the previous tab indention. One one had many nesting and about 10+ tabs, this is time consuming, and must be done for each line. Similar issues occur with backspace, delete, etc. I can fix the bulk of this and tweak them as I use visual D for my own projects once I get a handle on how to do that in visual seems to use COM to do it all, which means there is little documentation for it. What I've noticed is that one can run a separate window from visual studio using visual D and I think this will open some cool things for the future, such as a real time debug view window that can list such things as instantaneous memory usage(a graph, sort of like diagnostic properties, etc), performance, variable values, etc. Although, that's just conceptual now, but I can imagine it being a useful utility feature. Right now I've got a simple console running displaying the debug information so I know what is going on, but eventually that could be turned in to something useful for actually coding and debugging in D.
Aug 14 2017
parent reply Rainer Schuetze <r.sagitario gmx.de> writes:
On 14.08.2017 16:51, Johnson Jones wrote:
 On Monday, 14 August 2017 at 06:50:21 UTC, Rainer Schuetze wrote:
 You can capture the state of the line before default execution with

 mNextTarget.Exec()

 Maybe your code could just be moved up there to begin with.
Moved up where? I see 'int rc = mNextTarget.Exec(pguidCmdGroup, nCmdID, nCmdexecopt, pvaIn, pvaOut);' which is about all that is used with mNextTarget.Exec, but it is calling it rather than overriding it in some way.
That's how the chaining works, this call executes the default implementation of the command.
 
 Once I get some progress I'll submit some patches, right now I'm just 
 toying around with it trying to see how it's all set up. While I can do 
 some things I feel like I'm gonna have to revamp some of the editing(all 
 optional) because I get pretty frustrated in Visual D due to time 
 consuming processes of wrangling with spaces.
Apart from "smart indentation", there is little that Visual D does to spacing, it's default VS behavior. Even the "elastic tabs" plugin works (in VS2015), and I like its functionality of keeping code vertically aligned automatically, but I don't think it's a good idea to enhance tabs for this as the code will look broken everywhere else. Instead, it should just fill in tabs/spaces as usual.
 
 e.g., when one hits return it always seems to take them to the start of 
 the line, then tabs move one at a time instead of jumping to the 
 previous tab indention. One one had many nesting and about 10+ tabs, 
 this is time consuming, and must be done for each line. Similar issues 
 occur with backspace, delete, etc.
Do you have "smart indentation" enabled?
 
 I can fix the bulk of this and tweak them as I use visual D for my own 
 projects once I get a handle on how to do that in visual D's source.  

 do it all, which means there is little documentation for it.
 
 What I've noticed is that one can run a separate window from visual 
 studio using visual D and I think this will open some cool things for 
 the future, such as a real time debug view window that can list such 
 things as instantaneous memory usage(a graph, sort of like diagnostic 
 properties, etc), performance, variable values, etc. Although, that's 
 just conceptual now, but I can imagine it being a useful utility feature.
 
 Right now I've got a simple console running displaying the debug 
 information so I know what is going on, but eventually that could be 
 turned in to something useful for actually coding and debugging in D.
 
 
Aug 15 2017
parent Johnson <Johnson Johnson.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 15 August 2017 at 07:12:44 UTC, Rainer Schuetze wrote:
 On 14.08.2017 16:51, Johnson Jones wrote:
 On Monday, 14 August 2017 at 06:50:21 UTC, Rainer Schuetze 
 wrote:
 You can capture the state of the line before default 
 execution with

 mNextTarget.Exec()

 Maybe your code could just be moved up there to begin with.
Moved up where? I see 'int rc = mNextTarget.Exec(pguidCmdGroup, nCmdID, nCmdexecopt, pvaIn, pvaOut);' which is about all that is used with mNextTarget.Exec, but it is calling it rather than overriding it in some way.
That's how the chaining works, this call executes the default implementation of the command.
Ok, I'll play around with it and see if I can make more sense of it.
 
 Once I get some progress I'll submit some patches, right now 
 I'm just toying around with it trying to see how it's all set 
 up. While I can do some things I feel like I'm gonna have to 
 revamp some of the editing(all optional) because I get pretty 
 frustrated in Visual D due to time consuming processes of 
 wrangling with spaces.
Apart from "smart indentation", there is little that Visual D does to spacing, it's default VS behavior. Even the "elastic tabs" plugin works (in VS2015), and I like its functionality of keeping code vertically aligned automatically, but I don't think it's a good idea to enhance tabs for this as the code will look broken everywhere else. Instead, it should just fill in tabs/spaces as usual.
Yeah, I'm not proposing any virtual tabs. But simply make the keys a bit a bit smarter. e.g., backspace will not blindly remove the last space but look back to the first non-space character and to the lines around it. If they has a certain format, it will backspace more than one character automatically. Same with del, enter, tab, etc. They won't blindly insert/remove characters but be more intelligent about their surroundings. The goal, ultimately, so so that one does not have to do any formatting. Probably at least 10% of my keystrokes are formatting... it should be nearly 0. E.g., suppose a coding style has been created that formats the code exactly the way one wants, every keystroke, in theory, could reformat the document and make it look correct. This way the document never gets out of sync with the correct format. While this isn't possible in practice for various reasons, one can get close with a little work.
 
 e.g., when one hits return it always seems to take them to the 
 start of the line, then tabs move one at a time instead of 
 jumping to the previous tab indention. One one had many 
 nesting and about 10+ tabs, this is time consuming, and must 
 be done for each line. Similar issues occur with backspace, 
 delete, etc.
Do you have "smart indentation" enabled?
Probably not, as I remember turning it off a long time ago due to it not working well and causing various issues.
Aug 15 2017
prev sibling parent Rainer Schuetze <r.sagitario gmx.de> writes:
On 13.08.2017 22:43, Johnson Jones wrote:
 So, I'd like to fix some of visual D's navigation and editing logic and 
 possibly implement something like elastic tabs: 
 http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/
 
 1. Backspace and delete should be tab aligned and use elastic space.
 
 2. Indention on new line should not add spaces(it currently does and 
 screws things up as things are no longer aligned and it is very 
 difficult to realign stuff.
 
 3. Indentation should use previous indentation when using tab or enter, 
 unless empty line.
 
 I've went ahead and added a property called elasticSpace to visual D's 
 properties(should be in the tab section I suppose but I didn't wanna 
 have to figure that mess out).
 
 
 
 propertypage: https://justpaste.it/1a1if
 
 dpackage: https://justpaste.it/1a1ig
 
 This do add it to the first entry and defaults it to true but that can 
 easily be fixed.
It's a lot easier to see your changes if you fork the code on github and push your commits. Than the diff shows up there automatically. I wonder why the elastic-tabstop extension doesn't work with Visual D. I doubt it's tied to specific languages.
Aug 13 2017