IndentSyntax

Indentation syntax for C-style languages and Ruby/Lua style. This project allows you to write with indentation syntax in any language that uses C-style curly braces, or end like Ruby, Lua and Julia. It is recommended to read this README entirely. Discord: https://discord.gg/PTucXHkX8t

Examples:

Rust

fn main():
    println!("Hello World!");

C

#include <stdio.h>
int main():
    puts("Hello World!");

Lua

local function hello()
    if true then
        print("Hello world!")
    else
        print("Demonstrating else works, too.")

Usage:

The usage is pretty simple. For C-style scoping, using : followed by a newline results in an opening brace. For Ruby and Lua scoping, there's nothing like that.

In both, unindenting leads to respective scope closes. Indent as you would per normal, for C-style use : instead of {, and everything should work just fine.

The interface to the application is very friendly and simple, and there's no need to explain it.

Errors and warnings:

Warnings:

• Warning: no new line at end of file There is no new line at the end of the file, which is handled by the project. It is encouraged to add a new line at the end of the file, though. This hints there may be unexpected behaviour. Fix: just add an empty new line.

Errors:

• invalid indentation Your indentation is not a multiple of the indent size you gave. This makes no sense to IndentSyntax, or orthodox indentation. Fix: review how many spaces you added.

Spaces vs Tabs

To keep this simple, spaces are preferred. Tabs work, too but are not recommended. Tabs are all converted to four spaces.

Bad output

Unfortunately, bad output can occur. But there are some reasons this occurs. This includes unnecessary use of whitespace. Bad:

print("Hello")
    -- comment used to show there are some unnecessary spaces here.
print("World!")

Good:

print("Hello")
-- comment used to show there is no unnecessary spacing.
print("World!")

This also means you have to indent empty lines when relevant. For example,

fn main():
// BAD (again, comment used to show indent)
    println!("Hello World!")

fn main():
    // GOOD (again, comment used to show indent)
    println!("Hello World!")

Why all these inconveniences?

At the time of writing this, there is only developer working for no one. Also, most of these things actually promote good practice.

Installation

Download at least Python 3.8.2
Visit https://python.org/ and there should be a link to the download. Python 3.10.4 is the latest at the time of writing this, and here's a link: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3104/

Download the src folder and put it anywhere you like. Open Command Prompt or any command line, then run cd <path> where <path> is the path to the directory (folder) which you downloaded the src folder. Then, run py main.py And you're good to go! If it did not work, try running python main.py. You can download the repository by going to the release tag, or pressing the download button GitHub provides. You can also clone the repository with Git.