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Galdy(Posted 2012) [#1]
For whatever reason, Blide is still not indenting properly. It's the demo version and i'm using windows 7 64bit. As much as I want to like Blide, no auto indenting is a deal breaker. Perhaps someone can suggest a cause and a solution.


Brucey(Posted 2012) [#2]
What exactly are you expecting to occur as you type?


ziggy(Posted 2012) [#3]
Can you elavorate about what were you expecting and what issues are you experiencing?


Galdy(Posted 2012) [#4]
If i past block of code in lie this....

Select a
Case 1
stuff here
Case 2
Stuff here
Case 3
Select B
Case 1
Stuff there
Case 2
Stuff here
End Select
End Select

It will not auto indent any of it. I should be able to highlight a block of code and hit tab or something and have it auto indent the block of code intuitively. IDeal could do this.

It should look something like this..

Select a
| Case 1
| | Stuff here
| Case 2
| | Stuff here
| Case 3
| | Select B
| | | Case 1
| | | | Stuff there
| | | Case 2
| | | | Stuff here
| | End Select
End Select

At best, if i start typing it in I'll get this.See below. The second select will over write the last indent line of the first case block, and the code in between the case blocks "Stuff here" is not being indented so it over writes the case indent lines. Hopefully that explains it.

Select a
Case 1
Stuff here
Case 3
Stuff here
Select b
Case 1
Stuff here
Case 2
Stuff here
Case 3
Stuff here

End Select
End Select


Galdy(Posted 2012) [#5]
Crap, My examples didn't post right. How do you guys post blocks of code?


Brucey(Posted 2012) [#6]
The link above the post text box tells you what you need to know :
forum codes


Bobysait(Posted 2012) [#7]
Menu : Tools
-> Preferences
-> tab "Editor"
-> check "Smart text formatter to modify tabs and spacing when a line is changed"


Galdy(Posted 2012) [#8]
Ok lets try this again.If I paste this block of code in like this....

Select a
Case 1
stuff here
Case 2
Stuff here
Case 3
Select B
Case 1
Stuff there
Case 2
Stuff here
End Select
End Select


It will not auto indent any of it. I should be able to highlight a block of code and hit tab or something and have it auto indent the block of code intuitively. With IDeal, once I pasted it in the editor it would auto endent just like below without any tabing. IDeal could do this and surely BLide must be able to do this, but for whatever reason it's not working for me with Blide. Frustrating.

It should look something like this after I paste it in.

Select a
|   Case 1
|   |  Stuff here
|   Case 2
|   |  Stuff here
|   Case 3
|   |     Select B
|   |     |   Case 1
|   |     |   |   Stuff there
|   |     |   Case 2
|   |     |   |   Stuff here
|   |     End Select  
End Select


At best, if i start typing it in I'll get the result below. 
	Select a
	   Case 1
           code
	   Case 2
	   code
	   Select B
	      Case 1
	      code
	      Case 2
	      code
	   End Select
        End Select


Bobysait, "Smart text formatter to modify tabs and spacing when a line is changed" is already checked.


Bobysait(Posted 2012) [#9]
many years I use both IDEal and Blide, and I have never seen such a behavior in Blide, and I've already search for it, but this feature miss Blide, or since blide is out, i've never found it. (IDEal is not the same IDE, you can't look for blide to do the same, they look like the same, but : different owner, different license, differrent languages support, and for sure different features > Blide, whatever auto-indent missing, still contains much more tools than IDEal will never have)


Galdy(Posted 2012) [#10]
So you are saying it is supposed indent as I want it? Like this? 
Select a
|   Case 1
|   |  Stuff here
|   Case 2
|   |  Stuff here
|   Case 3
|   |     Select B
|   |     |   Case 1
|   |     |   |   Stuff there
|   |     |   Case 2
|   |     |   |   Stuff here
|   |     End Select  
End Select



Bobysait(Posted 2012) [#11]
Nope, I say it is not made this way
Blide does auto-indent on the fly, but not for copy/paste lines of codes
it also does not provide any "Auto-Indent Selection" like IDEal does


Galdy(Posted 2012) [#12]
Well i contend that it doesn't auto indent on the fly either. This is what I get on the fly.

        Select a
	   Case 1
           code
	   Case 2
	   code
	   Select B
	      Case 1
	      code
	      Case 2
	      code
	   End Select
        End Select



Bobysait(Posted 2012) [#13]
your exemple is indented ...


Galdy(Posted 2012) [#14]
hmm. ok. Well it doesn't indent like post#10 then you are saying. I like being able to see the indent lines and not having code blocks overlap it. That is truly unfortunate.


therevills(Posted 2012) [#15]
Blide auto indents a Select statement to a point:

Function Main()
	Select score
		Case 100
		Print "100"
		Case 200
		Print "200"
	End Select
End Function


But how hard is it just to hit TAB after the Case statement?

Everything else seems to indent fine, your first post seems to suggest everything doesn't indent.

Last edited 2012


Galdy(Posted 2012) [#16]
lol.Well, I guess I'm so used to IDeal's intuitiveness regarding indenting that it spoiled me. If any code got messed up a bit, I could just highlight and hit auto-indent. Plus you could past a block of code in and viola it was indented.


Galdy(Posted 2012) [#17]
Does Blide have a code explorer something like IDeal has? Nice to have a list of all the functions, types, arrays,..etc, you can see and click on to jump to.


therevills(Posted 2012) [#18]
regarding indenting that it spoiled me

LOL! Maybe Ziggy can add it to a future version BLide.

code explorer

Yep: