On 23 September 2014 00:46, Péter peter20@mpp.hu wrote:

Hi!

Here is my small sample file (indent unit is 4 spaces):

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$ cat indent_width.cpp // Indent width, detect from content: 8 (wrong). Delete any line. Indent width, detect from content: 4 (good). namespace S { int z () { int i = 0; char c = 2; double d = 2.4; d *= c; return d + i; } }

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In Geany, the default indent at me is 4 spaces.

Open the indent_width.cpp in Geany, issue an "Indent Width / Detect from Content" command. The indent is now (erroneously) 8 spaces!

Now try deleting a line (for example the "double d = 2.4;"). Repeat the autodetection: "Indent Width / Detect from Content". The indent is now (correctly) 4 spaces.

Hi,

Well, the detection is a heuristic that applies some weightings to higher indents, so deleting a higher indent line can potentially change the results of the heuristic as you have demonstrated.

I don't know where the heuristic came from, but since there are not lots of complaints similar to this, it would need lots of evidence to persuade a change.

Geany's version is: 1.23.1 (current distributed (repository-ed) version).

I *hope* you meant 1.24.1 (which is the current release) or you should poke your distro.

Cheers Lex

-- Péter

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