Auto Formatter for LGM

[Fede-lasse]

http://jsbeautifier.org/

The above thing is a JavaScript beautifier (auto formatter). It works 99% with GML. The only issues I've had with it is sometimes improper formatting when using var. Works with C++? I dunno. With EDL? Hopefully.

It's written in Python and the source code is provided. I thought that it may be of some use and may save some time.

[MrGriggs]

Hey, this is pretty cool!

An auto commentation program would be nice too .

[Fede-lasse]

It's because an auto format option for LGM has been mentioned, so I thought I'd show this tool that I often use in connection with GM.

[RetroX]

Python != Java and it won't work here.

Plus, I'm sure that the people here are stubborn and will want to make things on their own.

[IsmAvatar]

As RetroX said, Python != Java, so in order for this to work, LGM would have to call the formatter externally, using Python (hoping the user has it installed), adding one more dependency on LGM. It'd be great if it were in C/++ or Java.

[Fede-lasse]

Actually, it's available in JavaScript, too. Can't you somehow convert it?

@Retro, stop being so pessimistic, please?

[luiscubal]

Actually, it's available in JavaScript, too. Can't you somehow convert it?

JavaScript != Java

Yes, one can convert JS to Java, but that also applies to Python.
Also, about EDL, be aware of the existence of begin/end, which will probably screw up the beautifier in epic proportions.

[TGMG]

You could probably use Jython to compile the python into java classes, but that would add a dependency to Jython in lgm. Probably best just to convert it into java manually.

[RetroX]

@Retro, stop being so pessimistic, please?

I'm not really trying to be pessimistic; just stating the fact that it won't work.

Java still isn't JavaScript, and while they share a vague similarity in syntax, it's still a giant chore to convert it.

As in, it's less of a chore to code it from scratch than to convert it.  Not to mention that using Java's mechanisms rather than JS's hacks will be a lot faster.

[Josh @ Dreamland]

Or, I mean, we could just write our own and not fuck with python-java conversions and javascript-EDL differences (The largest of which have already been mentioned).

It's not about being stubborn. If you find me a beautifier specifically tailored to a language between C++ and GML, I'd be happy to slap it in. If you want to point me to tools that might help me, that most people ultimately avoid, I'm going to say, "fuck you," and do it my way.