How tell auto-completion to insert spaces around :=
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ssawgift · 2021-06-01 11:06

Is there an existing option that tell auto-completion to insert spaces
around :=?
For example, when I auto-complete the following line:
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i
self.CaptionI always get:
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i
self.Caption:=
When I format using Jedi, it automatically inserts one space before
and after :=.

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Zvoni · 2021-06-01 11:11

In IDE --> Tools - Options - Codetools - Blanks (German Lazarus here,
so i'm translating on the Fly)

Check both "Symbol" in "Insert blank before" and "Insert blank after"
Nota Bene: That inserts a blank before/after each Symbol
You can see it in the sample-window

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ssawgift · 2021-06-01 12:09

Quote from: Zvoni on June 01, 2021, 01:11:53 pmIn IDE --> Tools -
Options - Codetools - Blanks (German Lazarus here, so i'm translating
on the Fly)

Check both "Symbol" in "Insert blank before" and "Insert blank after"
Nota Bene: That inserts a blank before/after each Symbol
You can see it in the sample-window
Thanks for the tip. But the above option only affects Jedi
formatting...

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lucamar · 2021-06-01 12:58

Quote from: ssawgift on June 01, 2021, 02:09:48 pmThanks for the tip.
But the above option only affects Jedi formatting...
In fact they affect only CodeTools formatting (which includes auto-
completion); note that there's a specific section for JCF Format
Settings above it.

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ssawgift · 2021-06-01 13:12

Quote from: lucamar on June 01, 2021, 02:58:35 pmIn fact they affect
only CodeTools formatting (which includes auto-completion); note that
there's a specific section for JCF Format Settings above it.
Okay, that means auto-completion should insert a space before :=, but
it does not. The only way to achieve what I want is to hit SPACEBAR
(instead of ENTER) when the correct symbol is highlighted in
completion list.

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lucamar · 2021-06-01 13:24

Strange; it works as it should here. For example, if you have:
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i var 
Something: Integer;begin |end;an use autocompletion to insert
"Something" at the caret's position, it adds the ":=" with the proper
spaces around. But, of course, only if you have "Add assignment
operator" checked in "Identifier completion" (right below "Space" in
CodeTools options).

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ssawgift · 2021-06-01 14:53

After some tries, it turned out that the codetools->Space setting
works for auto-completion. I did not check two checkboxes for
'Symbol'.