That’s great!

This is a good reason to get another release out… :-)

Harbs

> On Sep 28, 2022, at 12:24 AM, Josh Tynjala <joshtynj...@bowlerhat.dev> wrote:
> 
> I just wanted to follow up by mentioning that I recently added the ability 
> for the formatter load configuration files, in addition to the existing 
> command line options. It will automatically detect an asformat-config.xml 
> file in the current working directory, allowing you to easily specify 
> configuration options for a specific project. You can also use a new 
> -load-config option to load a configuration file from any path, not just the 
> current working directory. You can use -skip-local-config-file to ignore the 
> asformat-config.xml file.
> 
> Once we release the next Royale update, I plan to make vscode-as3mxml 
> automatically detect the asformat-config.xml file too, so you will be able to 
> configure formatting options for both the command line and VSCode at the same 
> time.
> 
> I also updated the Royale documentation to add a section for the formatter:
> 
> https://apache.github.io/royale-docs/formatter 
> <https://apache.github.io/royale-docs/formatter>
> 
> --
> Josh Tynjala
> Bowler Hat LLC <https://bowlerhat.dev/>
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 10:42 AM Josh Tynjala <joshtynj...@bowlerhat.dev 
> <mailto: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/>

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