Renpy Code Formatter

[linkb15]

I do believe we need a code formatter in Renpy somehow

[duckdoom4]

What kind of formatting are you looking for? Code formatting can probably be solved by installing a second extension.

[linkb15]

code formatter like Black for python

[LuqueDaniel]

Extensions such as Prettier allow you to create plugins to support other languages using the Prettier API. I think implementing a formatter in vscode-language-renpy would require implementing things that are already perfectly covered by Prettier. In this way, it could be used independently of this extension or even vscode.

[linkb15]

anyone has tried using prettier for renpy?

[duckdoom4]

What kind of formatting would you like to achieve specifically? If it's something small and not too difficult to implement (and benefits everyone), I might try to implement it.

Even though I agree with @LuqueDaniel and I also think this should probably be independent.

[LuqueDaniel]

@JelleInfinity Good point 👍 , the scope of the feature.

[linkb15]

I never used prettier with python before.. but I have tried using prettier with JavaScript projects.. so if possible we can fix indentation and spacing between variables and functions in general. not sure how small it is though..

[duckdoom4]

I do have it setup in our current development workspace for typescript, json and python files. Though to be completely honest I am not sure if it actually works on python files. We only have one of those and it never changes.

[duckdoom4]

I suppose you mainly want this to function within the python scopes? Maybe it's possible to apply a formatter to a scope?

Auto indentation should work, if it doesn't then I will push a fix on the main branch. (Note that this is not fixing already messed up indentation, but indenting when pressing enter after the ' : ' symbol).

Spacing and indentation is not super difficult to do, I might look into that. But it would be way on the backlog as I think other extension could be used for this. I'm currently working on improving the syntax highlighting in the new branch.

[linkb15]

nice.. working on python3 syntax highlighting right..

yea i want the feature for renpy globally on screen language for example..

ah okay .. if it is in the backlog..

good luck finishing the other features man 👍

any other extension as workaround you recommend and how to use them with renpy?

I can try to help and make PR with this too if u are willing to onboard a bit on the project.. though I havent made any vscode extension previously

[duckdoom4]

I still recommend prettier if it works.

You can look through this list for all available formatters. (Please let us know if you found a nice/working one. Then we can add it to the recommended extensions list)

Or you can use this to setup a custom script.

And yes, that is for python3 syntax, but also a general rewrite of the syntax highlighting feature.
You can view the progress here

[LuqueDaniel]

@linkb15 I'll be happy to help you with any PR :)