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To: Raffi Holzer <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Autoformatting
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:53:00 +0000
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Hi
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Raffi Holzer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Hackers,
> We are looking into auto formatting SQL text in the SQL editor. However,
> some users have expressed that this can be done in different ways. Are there
> preferences in this community fo rhow autoformatting should be done?
I think that really depends on the specific feature being discussed.
For example, auto-indentation is very handy, and whilst it (and most
formatting features) should be configurable, I suspect many people
will leave it turned on. On the other hand, something like
auto-upper-casing of keywords may be either automatic, or shortcut
initiated, e.g. hit Ctrl+U to upper-case the word under the cursor.
Perhaps you should start by listing the specific features? For
reference, here's what pgAdmin 3 had:
* The auto-indent feature will automatically indent text to the same
depth as the previous line when you press return.
* Block indent text by selecting two or more lines and pressing the Tab key.
* Block outdent text that has been indented using the current tab
settings using Shift+Tab.
* Comment out SQL by selecting some text and pressing the Control+K.
* Uncomment SQL by selecting some text starting with a comment and
pressing Control+Shift+K.
* Shift the selected text to upper case by pressing Control+U.
* Shift the selected text to lower case by pressing Control+Shift+U.
pgAdmin 4 currently has:
* Auto-indent (not currently possible to disable it)
I'd definitely like to see the rest (and anything else that seems
useful) added, and made configurable where appropriate. I suspect the
only ones that should be truly automatic are auto-indent and and
upper-casing of keywords.
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