Visual LISP Format Options
Visual LISP Format Options
Additional Formatting Options in the Format Options Dialog Box
Base Formatting Options in the
Format Options Dialog Box
The following options are
shown at the top of the Format Options dialog box.
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Right Text Margin
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Right margin for text. An
expression prints on a single line if its last character position
does not exceed the right margin.
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Narrow Style Indentation
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Sets the standard indentation
value used in the Narrow Formatting Style for function arguments.
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Maximum Wide-Style Car Length
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Maximum length for function
expressions in Wide Formatting Style. For longer expressions, the
formatter always uses Narrow Formatting Style.
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Single-Semicolon Comment Indentation
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Identifies the left margin
alignment for single-semicolon comments.
The Closing Paren Style group
of options controls the position of closing parentheses for multi-line
formatting styles. The effect of each option is demonstrated by
formatting the following code, where Right Text Margin is set to
40 and Preserve Existing Line Breaks is not selected:
(cond
((/= (logand mask flg) 0)
(list (list txton)))
)
VLISP formats the preceding
code as follows:
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Close at the Same Line
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(cond ((/= (logand
mask flg) 0)
(list (list
txton))))
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Close at the New Line with Inner
Indentation
-
(cond ((/= (logand
mask flg) 0)
(list (list
txton))
)
)
-
Close at The New Line with Outer
Indentation
-
(cond ((/= (logand
mask flg) 0)
(list (list
txton))
)
)
The remaining items in this
dialog box concern tabs, saving the current setting, and the setting
of several comment options.
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Insert Tabs
-
The VLISP formatter inserts
tab characters instead of multiple space characters whenever possible.
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Save Formatting Options in Source
File
-
The VLISP formatter appends
comments containing the current formatting settings to the end of
the text in the VLISP text editor window. If you save these comments
(and do not modify them), VLISP applies the saved formatting options
to the text editor the next time you open the file.
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Insert Form-Closing Comment
-
This option causes VLISP
to add a closing comment to an expression when Close at the New Line
with Inner Indentation or Close at the New Line with Outer Indentation
is selected. The comment takes the following form at the end of
a multi-line function:
;_ end of <function
name>
VLISP does not add the comment
if the line already contains a comment.
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Form-Closing Comment Prefix
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Determines the text to be
included when Insert Form-Closing Comment is selected.