[wingide-users] What does 'Use Indent Analysis' do?

[Wingware Support]

On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 15:42 -0600, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Wingware Support wrote:
> > Michael Hipp wrote:
> >> Could someone offer me a quick explanation of what Preferences -> 
> >> Editor -> Indentation -> Use Indent Analysis does?
> > 
> > If indent analysis is used, the size of an indent in spaces is 
> > determined based on the current contents of the file.  Otherwise, the 
> > indent size is taken from preferences.
> 
> Ok, that's good to know.
> 
> >> I'm trying to get Wing to be a tad less helpful on indenting things 
> >> far to the right on long-winded multi-line method calls
> > 
> > It has no affect on indenting the 2nd+ line of multi-line calls. 
> > Sometimes I end up using backspace & space to modify the indent or to 
> > take it as a clue that the line is a bit too complex ;).
> 
> Yes. Unfortunately some of the constructor calls in wxPython end up looking a 
> bit like Cobol.

For new code, try the form:

myvar = MyClass(
  x,
  y,
  z
)

Wing will recognize there's nothing after the ( and indent just an added
level rather than past the (.

- Stephan