tool to reformat text?

Paul Russell <prussell DeleteThis @sonic.net> wrote:

 > Burt Johnson wrote:
 >
  > > I have just inherited a project that I will now be responsible for. The
  > > prior programmer used spaces to indent, while I strongly prefer tabs.
  > >
  > > Is there any program out there to go through and properly reformat the
  > > existing code?
[..]
 >
 > There's an open source tool called "astyle" whcih should do what you want.
 > <http://www.bigfoot.com/~davidsont/astyle>

Better URL: <http://astyle.sourceforge.net/><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In article <1g1ahp3.1s4wpdx131r9j6N%burt@mindstorm-inc.com>,
burt.TakeThisOut@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:

 > have just inherited a project that I will now be responsible for. The
 > prior programmer used spaces to indent, while I strongly prefer tabs.
 >
 > Is there any program out there to go through and properly reformat the
 > existing code?
 >
 > Note that I don't want to just use a simple seach-and-replace since that
 > would also nail spaces embedded in quoted strings, etc. Also, by the
 > nature of using spaces, sometimes he didn't have the exact correct
 > number, so things could get a bit messy there too.
 >

There is Artistic Style for Mac

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/evolve/software/astyle/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/evolve/software/astyle/index.html</a>

not sure if there is a version for OS X (I am still using Mac OS).

jyh.

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 >> Stay informed about: tool to reformat text? 

In article <1g1ahp3.1s4wpdx131r9j6N%burt@mindstorm-inc.com>,
burt.TakeThisOut@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:

 > Is there any program out there to go through and properly reformat the
 > existing code?

BBEdit, I think.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Thanks! I had a Mac version years ago, but I lost it when I moved to OS
X. I can always run this in Classic if needs be.

jean-yves hervé <jyh.RemoveThis@cs.uri.edu> wrote:

 > There is Artistic Style for Mac
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/evolve/software/astyle/index.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/evolve/software/astyle/index.html</font</a>>
 >
 > not sure if there is a version for OS X (I am still using Mac OS).
 >
 > jyh.


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Thanks - that one worked better.

Paul Mitchum <usenet.TakeThisOut@mile23.com.r3m0v3> wrote:

 > Paul Russell <prussell.TakeThisOut@sonic.net> wrote:
 >
  > > Burt Johnson wrote:
  > >
   > > > I have just inherited a project that I will now be responsible for. The
   > > > prior programmer used spaces to indent, while I strongly prefer tabs.
   > > >
   > > > Is there any program out there to go through and properly reformat the
   > > > existing code?
 > [..]
  > >
  > > There's an open source tool called "astyle" whcih should do what you want.
  > > <http://www.bigfoot.com/~davidsont/astyle>
 >
 > Better URL: <http://astyle.sourceforge.net/>


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 >> Stay informed about: tool to reformat text? 

hmmm.... Just fired up BBEdit 6.5.3 and I don't see it there. I never
upgraded to 7 though, as I didn't see anything in it that I needed.


Sean McBride <cwatson.TakeThisOut@cam.org> wrote:

 > In article <1g1ahp3.1s4wpdx131r9j6N%burt@mindstorm-inc.com>,
 > burt.TakeThisOut@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:
 >
  > > Is there any program out there to go through and properly reformat the
  > > existing code?
 >
 > BBEdit, I think.


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In article <1g1croc.i2cgks1u5gyyoN%burt@mindstorm-inc.com>,
burt.RemoveThis@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:

 > Thanks! I had a Mac version years ago, but I lost it when I moved to OS
 > X. I can always run this in Classic if needs be.

Based on this thread, I just went to sourceforge and got the latest
stable source distrbution. From a terminal window, I said:

make


and it built the command line version, without any fuss.

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In article <1g1crrc.1i7fnhmdz05qoN%burt@mindstorm-inc.com>,
burt DeleteThis @mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:

 > hmmm.... Just fired up BBEdit 6.5.3 and I don't see it there. I never
 > upgraded to 7 though, as I didn't see anything in it that I needed.

I seem to remember an 'entab' and 'detab'.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In article <1g1byd8.vzdji71vqc69N%usenet@mile23.com.r3m0v3>,
usenet RemoveThis @mile23.com.r3m0v3 (Paul Mitchum) wrote:

 > Paul Russell <prussell RemoveThis @sonic.net> wrote:
 >
  > > Burt Johnson wrote:
  > >
   > > > I have just inherited a project that I will now be responsible for. The
   > > > prior programmer used spaces to indent, while I strongly prefer tabs.
   > > >
   > > > Is there any program out there to go through and properly reformat the
   > > > existing code?
 > [..]
  > >
  > > There's an open source tool called "astyle" whcih should do what you want.
  > > <http://www.bigfoot.com/~davidsont/astyle>
 >
 > Better URL: <http://astyle.sourceforge.net/>

I've got an IDE plugin that allows you to use the simple options of
astyle on a text file. I'll have to review the license agreement before
I make it public though.

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Sean McBride <cwatson RemoveThis @cam.org> wrote:

 > In article <1g1crrc.1i7fnhmdz05qoN%burt@mindstorm-inc.com>,
 > burt RemoveThis @mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:
 >
  > > hmmm.... Just fired up BBEdit 6.5.3 and I don't see it there. I never
  > > upgraded to 7 though, as I didn't see anything in it that I needed.
 >
 > I seem to remember an 'entab' and 'detab'.

Yep, that was it. I found it late last night when checking again. I
used that and it did what I needed. Thanks for pointing out an option in
a program I already use!

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