Question for all programmers who use Xcode

Question

Hi,
What style of indenting do you use?
1)<pre>
int myFunc(int num){
//some code
}</pre>
2)<pre>
int myFunc(int num)
//some code
}</pre>
I uses style 2, but I cannot get Xcode 2.4 to properly indent nested braces. Here is an example:
<pre>
class Test
public:
Test()
int x = 0;
while(x < 10)
{ <font color="2200cc"><------- should be moved to the left</font></pre>
Can anyone get that to indent properly in Xcode?

Answer 1

So, for instance, the
character sequence 'f' can be used to insert a for
loop in your code. It's amazing how fast it is to
write code with that feature.
Textmate has that. Make sure you have the proper language selected at the bottom of the file window. If you have "C" selected, all you have to do is type "for", then hit the tab key and you'll get a "for" loop. And you can even tab from bit to bit to fill in the parameters you want. I've poked around with adding my own completions, too. It's a little non-obvious to me, but it might not be to someone else.
Also, Xcode has something similar, just look at "Insert Text Macro" in the "Edit" menu. You can assign key bindings to any of those. So, for example, I bound "option"-"f" to the "for" loop. If you haven't already discovered it, there's an easy way to move from parameter to parameter, just use the "control"-"/" key combo.
Also, just tonight, I discovered the free Completion Dictionary plugin. It's really easy to define your own text macros. One thing I found puzzling was the key binding to expand the macro. Completion Dictionary comes with a key bindings file, but I couldn't make it work, so I just added a key binding to the "Expand Macro" submenu. Works a charm.
Finally, as to your original question, about the indenting. Did you want the "{" to line up directly below the "while"? If so, Textmate does that for me:
<pre class="command">class Test
public:
Test()
int x=0;
while (x<10)
// something.
}</pre>But that's a language I never use (Java or C++?), so I'm not real sure about that.
Finally, I should put in a word for BBEdit. It's what I actually use most of the time for work, since I work on a web site all day long and I've been using it forever. It has a slick feature where you can build various kinds of macros using Perl or other scripting languages, which is great for creating really complex (or tedious) bits of code. But it doesn't have the same kind of autocompletion as Textmate or Xcode does.
charlie