Editor and Auto Format have conflicting multi-line comment styles

[per1234]

Using Arduino IDE 1.6.6 2015/10/08 05:43

• type: /*
• press enter key

editor produces the following:

/*
 * 
 */

• Tools>Auto Format

auto format changes it to:

/*

*/

[Chris--A]

Just my 2 cents.

I do not use auto format, however the auto addition of * is quite annoying. I can understand auto bracket matching but this is a feature that doesn't really add to ease of use.

It'd be good to change the editor to reflect the auto-format style, rather than the other way around.

[per1234]

auto addition of * is quite annoying.

100% agree.

I can understand auto bracket matching

I can't stand it. This feature may be useful to some but I really wish it was optional. My productivity using the Arduino IDE has dropped significantly since the new editor was added.

It'd be good to change the editor to reflect the auto-format style, rather than the other way around.

Agree, I'd probably have to switch to using an external editor if Auto Format started adding * to every line of a multi-line comment. However, I think it more likely the fix will be for Auto Format to just not remove the * from each line(by removing remove-comment-prefix from formatter.conf) though I'd prefer the editor's behavior to be changed instead.

[Chris--A]

I can't stand it. This feature may be useful to some but I really wish it was optional. My productivity using the Arduino IDE has dropped significantly since the new editor was added.

I'm with you on this, I hate it, however it seems to be what they wan't and I can see where it may possibly save a newbie. But still, it doesn't really do its job properly, anything other than creating a nested scope or a function still requires intervention by the user (classes, namespaces): #3390

[ffissore]

See bobbylight/RSyntaxTextArea#151