Disabling auto-indentation entirely?

Submitted by lisaklein20 on Friday, 4 April, 2008 - 13:52

I've been using JEdit for a few weeks now and have found it to be nearly perfect in almost every respect... however, I MUST find a way to disable the auto-indenting behavior!

Is there a setting that will allow ENTER to simply maintain the amount of indentation of the current line? Currently, the editor is frequently re-aligning, second-guessing, and overriding my tabbing. In general, I would really prefer additional control over indentation, rather than of having the editor force me into its own predefined indentation scheme (which suits my needs 90% of the time, but not always).

Any suggestions?

No Switch

by Robert Schwenn on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 21:36

There is no switch to enable or disable auto-indentation. This feature is mode-dependent and therefore completely controlled by the mode file for the current edit mode. I see two ways to hide this feature:

1. Switch to text mode. It hasn't defined any indentation. (And of course there is no highlighting.)
2. Identify the edit mode where auto-indentation doesn't behave like You want. Edit the mode file: Uncomment all lines with the substring "indent".

Robert

Thank you!

by lisaklein20 on Sun, 06/04/2008 - 01:45

Ah, fantastic! Thanks for the helpful reply, Robert -- problem resolved! The second option, commenting out the indentation properties in the mode file, worked great for me.

There was a small catch. In case anyone else runs into this: The additional "electricKeys" property in the mode file was the cause of most of my particular frustration. I recommend commenting it out as well if it feels like you're "struggling" for control over indentation with the editor. (I found I could retain most of the existing auto-indentation rules as long as I got rid of that one.)

I found the following description of what it does: "The electricKeys property is set to a list of characters whose input triggers a re-indent of the current line."

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