akalongman/sublimetext-codeformatter

Add the ability to format only a select amount of text

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#130 opened on Jan 21, 2015

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Description

Adding the ability to select a few lines and format only that would be practical and possibly less resource intensive. The obvious workaround now is to copypaste the content you want to format in a new tab and paste it back formatted

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Research direction
Study the plugin's existing format command to understand how it applies to the whole file. Modify the command to check if text is selected; if so, format only the selected text using Sublime Text's view API for regions.
Tech stack
python
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toolingdeveloper experience
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Feature
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3
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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Sublime Text plugin developmentPython
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70