Totally agree! B-)
> On Sep 22, 2021, at 8:54 PM, Andrew Wetmore <cottag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> totally cool.
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 2:43 PM 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/>
>
>
> --
> Andrew Wetmore
>
> http://cottage14.blogspot.com/ <http://cottage14.blogspot.com/>
>
>
>
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