code formatting question

[gbrandt]

I have set up Builder 2010 to follow my code formatting standards except in a few cases. I don't know if I can change Builder to follow my standard on these, perhaps you can help:

I place doxygen comments after member names in classes:

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private:
   SomeClass *aclass;            //!< a class
   int some int;                 //!< an int


after auto formatting I get:

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private:
   SomeClass *aclass; //!< a class
   int some int; //!< an int


but would like the comment to remain untouched.


I also indent my macros

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#ifdef X
   #define Y
#else
  #define Z
#endif

but builder always reformats to

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#ifdef X
#define Y
#else
#define Z
#endif

and finally I format my classes and case statements such that there are three levels of indentation:

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class x
{
   public:
      int y;

   private:
      int z;
}

switch( x )
{
   case 1:
      dosomething();
      break;

   case 2:
      dosomethingelse();
      break;
}


and builder reformats this to (if indent case labels is set to none)

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class x
{
   public:
   int y;

   private:
   int z;
}

switch( x )
{
   case 1:
   dosomething();
   break;

   case 2:
   dosomethingelse();
   break;
}


and builder reformats this to (if indent case labels is set to decrease one indent)

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class x
{
public:
   int y;

private:
   int z;
}

switch( x )
{
case 1:
   dosomething();
   break;

case 2:
   dosomethingelse();
   break;
}


Is there anyway to keep my formatting?

Thanks,
Gregor

[arisme]

Is there anyway to keep my formatting?

In my C++Builder 2007, all your sample code remains as originally written.

Apart from a couple of minor adjustments to the default Auto Completion templates, I do not ask the IDE to format anything.

I have set up Builder to follow my code formatting standards except in a few cases.

I do not know what formatting settings you may have created, but they seem to be responsible for the results in your code samples.

You may find writing code easier with IDE formatting at default settings. This may leave you with a few cases where you want something special, and have to arrange manually - but at least whatever your layout, it should remain as written.

Aris

[gambit47]

In my C++Builder 2007, all your sample code remains as originally written.

It sounds like Gregor was referring to the new Code Formatting feature that was introduced in CB2010.

[gbrandt]

It sounds like Gregor was referring to the new Code Formatting feature that was introduced in CB2010.

Correct. I have updated my original question to fix that. For now I am living with the 'funkiness' of the code formatter. It makes the code I am working on now much easier to read.