What are you using (free) to format your C # code?

Question

Are there any VS.NET plugins that will format the code for printing or emailing and are free as well?

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4thSpace 04 dec. '08 at 15:11

6 answers

Sandeep Datta · Answer 1 · 2008-12-04T15:13:21+0000

Have you checked the inline formatting provided by VS? Select the code and enter the key chord Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F.

Or go (menu) Edit-> Advanced-> FormatSelection or Edit-> Advanced-> FormatDocument

Arnout · Answer 2 · 2008-12-04T15:42:30+0000

If you copy your code from Visual Studio and paste it into Word, the syntax highlighting is preserved.

Alternatively, you can take a look at the Copy Source As HTML add-in.

Mike hall · Answer 3 · 2008-12-04T15:43:26+0000

Is it just a matter of using spaces instead of tabs to indent your code?

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Mike hall 04 dec. '08 at 15:43

paul · Answer 4 · 2008-12-04T16:25:24+0000

it is easy to use, has 3 or 4 predefined styles and is customizable.

Stein G. Strindhaug · Answer 5 · 2008-12-04T15:52:05+0000

Use some sort of tabs-to-spaces feature, and make sure a font monospaced

(like a typewriter or console) is used for printing or email .

I'm pretty sure VisualStudio has a (slightly well-hidden) feature to convert tab padding to spaces and vice versa.

I usually use vim where you can use:

:set expandtab
:%retab

to replace tabs with spaces and:

:set noexpandtab
:%retab

to replace spaces with tabs.

Spaces are better for email, etc., because no one can agree on the length (in spaces) of the tab.

configurator · Answer 6 · 2008-12-04T18:12:13+0000

To include tabs in spaces, select code and use Editor -> Advanced -> Untabify Selected Lines

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