Reformat whole source

[blueznl]

Silly question, I know there's CTRL+I, but is there also a shortcut that will reformat the whole source at once?

Saves a bit of selecting, CTRL+I, etcetera.

[PB]

Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+I ?

[Crusiatus Black]

Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+I ?

ikr

[blueznl]

Yeah, i know. But... that's multiple keystrokes, moves my cursor to a different line, and selects all. I often use reformat to keep track of my work (ie. I use CodeCaddy then hit Alt+r, and keep on working in the same area). By reformatting I can quickly spot if I missed a few EndIf's etcetera.

I know it's a matter of taste and workflow I was just wondering if there was a single key without having to select anything.

[davido]

I, too, wouldn't mind a single key solution.

For now I use:

Hold control key and press: f2 a i
Release the control-key and press: f2

It is really very quick and I'm always less than half a screen away from where I was.

[IdeasVacuum]

It's a small limitation of the IDE really (as it is in many IDEs, including VS). I write my code using UltraEdit, formating on-the-fly with the wonderful column mode.

[blueznl]

I, too, wouldn't mind a single key solution.

For now I use:

Hold control key and press: f2 a i
Release the control-key and press: f2

It is really very quick and I'm always less than half a screen away from where I was.

That's close to what I want, now we only have to convince the developers to give us a one key reformat

[davido]

Would it, perhaps, be possible to make a built-in tool to do that?

That is, unfortunately, way, way beyond my capability.

[Little John]

Would it, perhaps, be possible to make a built-in tool to do that?

A least on Windows, it's not hard to do so.

a) Get some good code for sending keystrokes:
I recommend the AutoWin library by ts-soft, with improvements by me.

b) Write your own versatile generic Sendkeys program in 2 lines:

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XIncludeFile <Path> + "AutoWin_Include.pbi"
AW_SendKeys(ProgramParameter(0))

and compile it to an EXE file.

c) PB IDE > Tools > Configue tools > New:
Commandline:
<Path>\SendKeys.exe

Arguments:
"{CONTROLDOWN}{F2}ai{CONTROLUP}{DELAY 100}{F2}"

Name:
Reformat whole source

Event to trigger the tool:
Menu Or Shortcut


Note: Some delay before sending the second {F2} seems to be crucial. 100 ms is fine on my system, on other systems other values might be appropriate.

[davido]

Thank you, Little John. You make it look so simple!

I'll have a good look at that.

[PB]

> By reformatting I can quickly spot if I missed a few EndIf's etcetera.

If that's all you're worried about, then you do know the IDE has two
features to prevent that: matching keyword colors, and the line that
gets drawn between If/EndIf so you can see if any are mismatched.

[TI-994A]

Personally, I use AutoHotkey. It is configured via a simple text script and can automate single commands and even paragraphs. It's become an indispensable tool for me, automatically generating standard procedures, code blocks, and event loops at the press of a single key. For example, this entry in the script:

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F12::
Send {Raw} Enumeration
Send {Enter}
Send {Raw}   #MainWindow
Send {Enter}
Send {Raw} EndEnumeration
Send {Enter 2}
Send {Raw} wFlags = #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered
Send {Enter}
Send {Raw} OpenWindow(#MainWindow, #PB_Any, #PB_Any, 640, 480, "<Title>", wFlags)
Send {Enter 2}
Send {Raw} While WaitWindowEvent() ! #PB_Event_CloseWindow: CloseWindow: Wend

will generate this code block at a single touch of the F12 key:

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Enumeration
  #MainWindow
EndEnumeration

wFlags = #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered
OpenWindow(#MainWindow, #PB_Any, #PB_Any, 640, 480, "<Title>", wFlags)

While WaitWindowEvent() ! #PB_Event_CloseWindow : CloseWindow :Wend

Every keystroke counts.

[Little John]

Hi TI-994A,

I just thought that it might be more fun and more self-contained to compile a SendKeys program ourselves with PB.

However, I agree that AutoHotkey is a great tool which can be used very effectively and flexible.