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Add configuration option to choose reformatter

See original GitHub issue

Background

Since upgrading to the latest Beta, I’ve noticed how radically different (and unconfigurable) Ormolu’s output is to hindent + stylish-haskell. However, there’s no easy way to apply one formatter (other than the new shortcut, which only sometimes works for me)

Feature Request

It would be great for users to be able to choose which formatter to use (by default?), e.g. via a dropdown in the settings menu, e.g. (excuse the ASCII art here)

Formatter:   |    stylish-haskell  v|
             |......................|
             |      ormolu          |
             |      hindent         |
             |      brittany        |   
             \----------------------/

Alternatively / additionally this could be configured in the extended code reformat menu maybe?

Notes

The normal shortcut keys could apply all the time, and it would remain easy to add formatters (e.g. see #319)

Issue Analytics

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Created 3 years ago
Reactions:4
Comments:7 (7 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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rikvdkleijcommented, May 6, 2020

Thanks for reporting!

I will consider it and think about a simple/maintainable solution. Btw, hindent is not maintained anymore AFAIK. Could be that the alternative reformatters have to be build by yourself and be configured in Haskell Settings.

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declensioncommented, Apr 27, 2021

This will still be a great benefit for us. Not everyone like Ormolu, but having the plugin auto-apply formatting is great!

One more to add to the list: https://github.com/parsonsmatt/fourmolu ❤️