EditorConfig file

[emgeee]

Has there been any discussion around including a default .editorconfig file configured with the defaults of standard?

[feross]

What would .editorconfig cover that our eslint rules don't already cover?

[emgeee]

As far as I'm aware, eslint merely yells at you if you break convention, it doesn't do anything to enforce convention. EditorConfig would allow you a simple mechanism for ensuring your editor is configured to use 2 spaces (instead of tabs, 4 spaces, etc), as well as automatically strip line endings.

[feross]

We use standard-format to automatically format code, including fixing things like space vs. tabs and stripping line endings.

You can use it with standard --format :-)

[winniehell]

With .editorconfig in place, you can use the short cut for formatting in your favorite IDE / editor. When using the same editor for languages other than JavaScript¹ mapping the shortcut to standard --format is not an option (... unless there is a standard for every common language out there).

¹ yes, I can't believe they stopped existing, either 😀

[feross]

I don't think standard should automatically add .editorconfig to people's
repos, but if you want to share an example of an .editorconfig that's set
up nicely for use with standard, we can link to it from the website or
readme.

On Sunday, August 2, 2015, Winnie notifications@github.com wrote:

With .editorconfig in place, you can use the short cut for formatting in
your favorite IDE / editor. When using the same editor for languages other
than JavaScript¹ mapping the shortcut to standard --format is not an
option (... unless there is a standard for every common language out
there).

¹ yes, I can't believe they stopped existing, either [image: 😀]

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[winniehell]

Nevermind, I tried - but several (formatting) rules are not representable in .editorconfig settings. For example spaces_around_brackets does not distinguish between function definition and function call.