This can be very useful, and it's nice it's a standalone util which opens up using it in all editors. Do you have plans to create mxmlformatter?
On 2021/09/22 17:42:53, Josh Tynjala <joshtynj...@bowlerhat.dev> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I recently created asformat, which is a formatter for ActionScript code. It > is based on the Royale compiler's lexer that creates a stream of tokens. > One nice thing about working with the token stream versus a full AST > (Abstract Syntax Tree) is that it's easier to keep track of existing > whitespace to preserve it where appropriate. > > In addition to command line usage, this formatter is intended to eventually > be used by IDEs/editors, such as VSCode and Moonshine. > > You can find asformat in nightly builds for now. I'm still testing it with > existing codebases, but I wanted to share my progress so that others could > check it out, if interested. > > Usage: > > Format a file, and write it back to the file system: > > asformat --write-files src/com/example/MyClass.as > > Alternatively, format all .as files in a directory: > > asformat --write-files src > > Options: > > --write-files: Writes the formatting changes back to the original files. If > a file has no formatting changes, it will not be modified. Alias: -w. > Default: false. > > --list-files: Lists the files that have been changed by formatting. If a > file has no formatting changes, it won't be listed. Alias: -l. Default: > false. > > --insert-spaces: Indents with spaces instead of tabs. (Default: false) > > --tab-width: The width of tabs when insert-spaces is specified. (Default: 4) > > --insert-final-new-line: Adds a final empty line at the end of the file, if > one doesn't exist already. (Default: false) > > --open-brace-new-line: Controls whether an opening curly brace is placed on > a new line, or is "cuddled" on the current line. (Default: true) > > --insert-space-for-loop-semicolon: Controls whether a space is inserted > after the semicolons in a for() loop. (Default: true) > > --insert-space-control-flow-keywords: Controls whether a space is inserted > between control flow keywords (like if, for, while) and the following ( > open parenthesis. (Default: true) > > --insert-space-anonymous-function-keyword: Controls whether a space is > inserted between the function keyword and the following ( open parenthesis, > if the function is anonymous (if it doesn't have a name). (Default: false) > > --insert-space-binary-operators: Controls whether a space is inserted > before and after binary operators (like +, -, *, /, &&, ||, etc.) (Default: > true) > > --insert-space-comma-delimiter: Controls whether a space is inserted after > comma delimiters in Object and Array literals. (Default: true) > > --collapse-empty-blocks: Controls whether empty blocks are collapsed so > that the opening and closing curly brace are both on the same line or > not. (Default: > false) > > --max-preserve-new-lines: Specify the maximum number of new line characters > that are allowed to appear consecutively. (Default: 2) > > --semicolons: Controls how semicolons are handled. Valid values are insert, > remove, and ignore. Insert means that missing semicolons are inserted. > Remove means that all semicolons are removed, and ignore means that there > is no change to semicolons in the file. (Default: insert) > > Additional notes: > > If neither --write-files nor --list-files is specified, the formatted > source code is written to standard output instead. > > If no files are specified, asformat waits for standard input instead. > > -- > Josh Tynjala > Bowler Hat LLC <https://bowlerhat.dev> >
