[ESS] Ever consider changing indentation on #?

[Mathieu Basille]

Using 'formatR' to reformat code is relatively easy. I wrote a function,
with the help of Walmes Zeviani, to do exactly that:

https://github.com/basille/.emacs.d/blob/master/functions/ess-indent-region-r.el

It can be bound to the indent function (C-M-\) with:

  (add-hook 'ess-mode-hook
            (lambda ()
              (load-library "ess-indent-region-r")
              (set (make-local-variable 'indent-region-function)
                   'ess-indent-region-with-formatr)))

Now, if you want to use that style while coding, that would require a new
indentation style in ESS, which is essentially similar to the R engine
formating style. However, ESS indentation does not currently allow for all
of the perks of R style, notably with respect to call continuation and
indentation after the 5th level.

See this issue in ESS:

https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS/issues/395

Let's say that following the R engine indentation style has been coldly
received.

Mathieu.


On 05/06/2017 05:10 PM, Stephen Eglen wrote:
> 
> On Sat, May 06 2017, Stephen Eglen wrote:
> 
>> since we are throwing ideas out there...  perhaps what the R universe
>> could do with is something similar to "gofmt" for the go language.  All
>> Go code looks the same, because there is a formatting tool, and everyone
>> uses it.  How about something similar for R...?!?
> 
> Replying to myself again:
> 
>   https://yihui.name/formatr/
> 
> does pretty much what gofmt does (I think).
> 
> Stephen
> 
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