Re: Code alignment

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 25.08.2006 um 12:24 schrieb Ewen Cartwright:

> formatting code like:
>
>   <cfset var intSupplierID = 0>
>   <cfset var structSupplierInfo = 0>
>   <cfset var intAbID = getAbID(arguments.intStockID)>
>
> as:
>
>   <cfset var intSupplierID      = 0>
>   <cfset var structSupplierInfo = 0>
>   <cfset var intAbID            = getAbID(arguments.intStockID)>

One simple way to achieve 'right side alignment' works by positioning  
the equals sign in some column and continue to write. In the next  
line press TAB and the cursor should advance to the next column of  
the line above. I've used it in text-mode, but I cannot exactly  
remember whether it worked in programming modes. In some (shell for  
example) a TAB is mis-interpreted as positioning the left most word ...

This "fails" a bit when the line above has some words spread all over  
it, but in the end a few TABs lead to the look you wish to have.

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   Pete

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